Cullercoats, practice trench

HER Number

12577

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Cullercoats, practice trench

Place

Cullercoats

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fieldwork

Site Type: Specific

Practice Trench

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

First World War 1914 to 1918

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

A number of sections of First World War practice trench are visible as earthworks on air photographs. The features appear to be no longer extant on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography. Further sections of First World War practice trench are located to the north.

Easting

436470

Northing

570620

Grid Reference

NZ436470570620

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1465261; RAF 106G/UK/1193 4157 27-FEB-1946