Wallsend, aircraft obstructions

HER Number

11762

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, aircraft obstructions

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Aircraft Obstruction

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

Aircraft obstructions of the Second World War mapped from wartime air photographs. Formed by a ditch with small spoil heaps to either side. The obstructions were arranged at right angles and extended over an area of 340m north to south with three lengths of 187m running east to west.

Easting

430450

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ430450568000

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405571; Aerial Photograph RAF FNO/98 1074 16-AUG-1942