Seaburn, trench

HER Number

12607

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Seaburn, trench

Place

Seaburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

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

Visible as Second World War structures and earthworks on air photographs. At NZ 4044 6044 there is an ordnance store which overlies the location of an earlier zig zag trench. There are a number of trenches to the south of the recorded area.

Easting

440240

Northing

560330

Grid Reference

NZ440240560330

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1454847; RAF S629 0083 22-OCT-1941; RAF 106G/UK/1585 5100 20-JUN-1946; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2019 Land at Whitburn Road, Seaburn, archaeological assessment