Nuns Moor, pillbox
Nuns Moor, pillbox
HER Number
5889
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Nuns Moor, pillbox
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26NW
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
One of two pillboxes on the Moor to defend the stop line along the western side of Grandstand Road (see HER 5809). No remains of the pillbox can be seen but it is visible on aerial photographs dating from 1946.
Easting
423400
Northing
566600
Grid Reference
NZ423400566600
Sources
<< HER 5889 >> RCHME, 1995, Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeological Survey Report, p 39
Aerial Photograph, NMR, 1946, 3G/TUD/UK/94/2891
Aerial Photograph, NMR, 1946, 3G/TUD/UK/94/2891