Nun's Moor, Claremont Road, tank traps

HER Number

11710

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Nun's Moor, Claremont Road, tank traps

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Tank Trap

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A line of tank traps seen along the south-facing side of Claremont Road, along the south side of the Town Moor (Nun's Moor). A line of concrete blocks 900m in length. About half the size of similar blcoks used along Grandstand Road. The blocks probably lie half buried under the verge of the modern road.

Easting

423510

Northing

565870

Grid Reference

NZ423510565870

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1433761; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/32 5241 16-MAY-1948