Wave Basin Battery, pillbox

HER Number

12624

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Wave Basin Battery, pillbox

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fortification

Site Type: Specific

Pillbox

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A Second World War pillbox is visible as an upstanding structure on air photographs.

Easting

440900

Northing

558160

Grid Reference

NZ440900558160

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 956440; RAF 106G/UK/1585 5006 20-JUN-1946