Billy Mill, aircraft obstructions
Billy Mill, aircraft obstructions
HER Number
11773
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Billy Mill, aircraft obstructions
Place
Billy Mill
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
Levelled Earthwork
Description
Aircraft obstructions of Second World War date seen as earthworks and mapped from air photographs of 1946. The obstructions were arranged at right angles and were formed by a ditch with small spoil heaps aligned along either side. They extend for 363m NNW-SSE and for 235m SSW-NNE. The earthworks were soon levelled.
Easting
433320
Northing
569110
Grid Reference
NZ433320569110
Sources
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405845; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5339 15-APR-1946