South Groyne, Pillbox

HER Number

1845

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Groyne, Pillbox

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

Demolished Building

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows a pillbox of Second World War origin at this location.

Easting

436800

Northing

568200

Grid Reference

NZ436800568200

Sources

<< HER 1845 >> A. Rudd, Alan Rudd's list of wartime defences which once existed...