Davison Avenue, barbed wire obstruction

HER Number

12572

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Davison Avenue, barbed wire obstruction

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Barbed Wire Obstruction

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

A Second World war emergency water supply and barbed wire perimeter are visible as structures on air photographs, at NZ 3481 7300. No surface features are visible on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.
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Easting

434820

Northing

573010

Grid Reference

NZ434820573010

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1464895; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5115 15-APR-1946