Whitley Bay, tank trap

HER Number

12566

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, tank trap

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Tank Trap

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A Second World War tank trap is visible as structures on air photographs. The feature consists of two rows on anti-tank cubes. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

435020

Northing

573920

Grid Reference

NZ435020573920

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1464909; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 0511 15-APR-1946