Tynemouth, military camp

HER Number

12578

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, military camp

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Camp

Site Type: Specific

Military Camp

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Tyne A Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery has an associated military camp, at NZ 3590 7029. Visible as structures and earthworks on air photographs. Also a pillbox and barbed wire obstuction at NZ 3591 7008, as well as weapons pits, military roads, military buildings, trackways and trenches. The features have been built over on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

435890

Northing

570320

Grid Reference

NZ435890570320

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1465240; RAF 58/C/3 5042 14-APR-1949; RAF 4E/UK681 3421 10-FEB-1941 RAF FNO/98 2056 16-AUG-1942 C S Dobinson 1996 Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46

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