Cullercoats, pillbox

HER Number

13604

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Cullercoats, pillbox

Place

Cullercoats

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 3681 7002. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

436815

Northing

570018

Grid Reference

NZ436815570018

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1465247; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 58/B/32 5632 16-MAY-1948