Whitley Bay, pillbox

HER Number

13601

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, pillbox

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

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

A Second World War pillbox is visible as a structure on air photographs, at NZ 3547 7280. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

435460

Northing

572800

Grid Reference

NZ435460572800

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1465183; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5094 15-APR-1946