Seaburn, Pillbox

HER Number

1854

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Seaburn, Pillbox

Place

Seaburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

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

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence shows a pillbox of Second World War origin at this location.

Easting

440280

Northing

560200

Grid Reference

NZ440280560200

Sources

<< HER 1854 >> A. Rudd, Alan Rudd's list of wartime defences which once existed; NMR monument number 1454847; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 106G/UK/1585 5100 20-JUN-1946; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF S629 0083 22-OCT-1941