Whitley Bay, weapons pit

HER Number

12557

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, weapons pit

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fieldwork

Site Type: Specific

Weapons Pit

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A Second World War weapons pit recorded by the defence of Britain project, is visible as an earthwork on air photographs. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography. Now a caravan park.

Easting

434550

Northing

574720

Grid Reference

NZ434550574720

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument Number 1414464; Vertical aerial photograph RAF 58/B/40 5125 18-MAY-1948; Migrated Defence of Britain Project database record originally compiled from various sources; C S Dobinson 1996 Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46, page 480