Whitley Bay, aircraft obstruction

HER Number

12565

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

A Second World War aircraft obstruction is visible as an earthwork on air photographs. The feature appears to be no longer extant on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

434850

Northing

574210

Grid Reference

NZ434850574210

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1464908; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 4E/UK650 0093 12-JUN-1941