Whitburn, Whitburn Bents Road, Gun Emplacement

HER Number:
1785

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitburn, Whitburn Bents Road, Gun Emplacement

Place:
Whitburn

Map Sheet:
NZ46SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Fortification

Site Type: Specific:
Gun Emplacement

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence show a former gun emplacement at this location. Now sealed up and used as viewing platform with park benches on top of it. It is a rare survival.

Easting:
40828

Northing:
61325

Grid Reference:
NZ4082861325

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1785 >> A. Rudd, 1989, Existing Sites of Pillboxes in Tyne and Wear; NMR Monument Number 1462995; (1) Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 106G/UK/1316 5272 27-MAR-1946 (2) Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 106G/UK/873 6153 01-OCT-1945