Whitley Bay, tank trap

HER Number

12550

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, tank trap

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Tank Trap

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A Second World War tank trap is visible as a structure on air photographs. The tank trap consists of a line of anti tank cubes which follow the line of the coast for approximately 564m. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

435060

Northing

574970

Grid Reference

NZ435060574970

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; Vertical aerial photograph NMR OS/64245 0028 12-OCT-1964; NMR Monument No. 1465044