Coast Road, WW2 Roadblock

HER Number

4659

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Coast Road, WW2 Roadblock

Place

Billy Mill

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Road Block

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This is the site of WW2 concrete roadblocks constructed in 1940-1, but since destroyed.

Easting

433363

Northing

568837

Grid Reference

NZ433363568837

Sources

<< HER 4659 >> Defence of Britain Project, 2002, Defence of Britain Database, S0007100