Newcastle, Nun's Moor, Claremont Road, tank traps

HER Number:
11710

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, 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:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

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:
2351

Northing:
6587

Grid Reference:
NZ23516587

Lats/Lons:

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