Washingwell Lane, Loopholed Wall

HER Number

5662

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Washingwell Lane, Loopholed Wall

Place

Washingwells

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fortification

Site Type: Specific

Loopholed Wall

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Series of machine gun rests placed behind a pre-existing stone wall next to public footpath. Whickham was supposedly identified as an area where an air-borne invasion might take place.

Easting

421590

Northing

560904

Grid Reference

NZ421590560904

Sources

<< HER 5662 >> Pers. Comm. I. Ayris, 1992; <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53920907@N08/4982623714/" title="NZ218605 Washing Well Lane, Whickham, Loopholed Walls by Alan Fenwick, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/4982623714_f44e46f8e7_z.jpg" width="640" height="426" alt="NZ218605 Washing Well Lane, Whickham, Loopholed Walls"></a>