Whitley Bay, aircraft obstruction

HER Number

12554

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, aircraft obstruction

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

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

Earthwork

Description

Second World War aircraft obstructions are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on air photographs. The feature appears to be no longer extant on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography. The aircraft obstructions predate the anti aircraft battery (UID 1414464) located in the same area. Now a caravan park.

Easting

434880

Northing

574900

Grid Reference

NZ434880574900

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1464911; Vertical Aerial Photographs RAF 58/B/40 5125 18-MAY-1948 and RAF 4E/UK650 0092 12-JUN-1941