Wallsend, Pillbox

HER Number

1830

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Wallsend, Pillbox

Place

Wallsend

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows a pillbox or possible warden's post of Second World War origin, at this location.

Easting

431000

Northing

566300

Grid Reference

NZ431000566300

Sources

<< HER 1830 >> A.Rudd, Defence of Britain Project, 1996, List of Known Fortifications in Tyne and Wear