Whitley Bay, practice trench

HER Number

12563

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, practice trench

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fieldwork

Site Type: Specific

Practice Trench

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

First World War 1914 to 1918

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A First World War practice trench is visible as an earthwork on air photographs. The feature zig-zags for a distance of approximately 108m. The feature appears to be no longer extant on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

434980

Northing

574820

Grid Reference

NZ434980574820

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1464922, Vertical aerial photograph reference number NMR OS/64245 0028 12-OCT-1964