Beach Road, road block

HER Number

11727

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Beach Road, road block

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Road Block

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

A Second World War road block comprising of two large blocks of concrete placed opposite each other with a small gap in between to allow traffic through one vehicle at a time.

Easting

437100

Northing

567230

Grid Reference

NZ437100567230

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1401078; Aerial Photograph RAF FNO/129 1059 01-SEP-1942