Whitley Bay, trench

HER Number

12559

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, trench

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fieldwork

Site Type: Specific

Trench

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Second World War trenches recorded by the Defence of Britain project, are visible as earthworks on air photographs. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

434410

Northing

574560

Grid Reference

NZ434410574560

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No.1414464; Vertical aerial photograph reference number 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(s)480