Little Moor, tank traps

HER Number

11709

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Little Moor, tank traps

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Tank Trap

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

A line of tank traps constructed at the extreme northern end of Little Moor. Approximately 80m in length.

Easting

424590

Northing

567300

Grid Reference

NZ424590567300

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1433750; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/12/14 5117 12-JAN-1946