Middle Haining, Pillbox

HER Number

4640

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Middle Haining, Pillbox

Place

Middle Haining

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

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

Structure

Description

This reinforced concrete WW2 pillbox, constructed in 1940-1, has been converted to become the base of a high radio mast..

Easting

435710

Northing

551070

Grid Reference

NZ435710551070

Sources

<< HER 4640 >> Defence of Britain Project, 2002, Defence of Britain Database S0010736