Down Hill, pillbox

HER Number

6835

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Down Hill, pillbox

Place

Harton

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

Structure

Description

There was a pillbox on the highest part of Harton Down Hill or Blackberry Hills. Only the concrete platform, 3 metres x 2 metres remains.

Easting

438900

Northing

565530

Grid Reference

NZ438900565530

Sources

<< HER 6835 >> The Arbeia Society, 2004, Archaeological Survey of the coast from South Shields to Whitburn