Coast Road, road block

HER Number

11722

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Coast Road, road block

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Road Block

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

A Second World War road block seen on vertical air photographs from 1942. Comprised two large blocks of concrete placed opposite each other with a small gap in between to let traffic through one vehicle at a time.

Easting

437880

Northing

566530

Grid Reference

NZ437880566530

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1401073; Aerial Photograph RAF FNO/98 1104 16-AUG-1942