Whitley Bay, trench

HER Number

12562

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, trench

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fieldwork

Site Type: Specific

Trench

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A Second World War trench is visible as an earthwork on air photographs, at NZ 3457 7400. The trench zig-zags for a distance of aprroximately 25m. The feature appears to have been levelled on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

434570

Northing

574000

Grid Reference

NZ434570574000

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1464901; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 106G/UK/1193 3077 27-FEB-1946