Tynemouth, radar station

HER Number

12705

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Tynemouth, radar station

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Observation Site

Site Type: Specific

Radar Station

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Site of a Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery near Monk House, Tynemouth. It was armed with four 4.5-inch guns with GL Mark II radar in 1942 and with four 3.7-inch Mark VI guns with No.3 Mark VI radar in 1945. It was manned by 176 Battery of the 63rd Royal Artillery Regiment in June 1940, and by 269 Battery of the same Regimant in December 1940. It was retained as an Off-Site Nucleus Force Battery in 1946.

Easting

436000

Northing

570220

Grid Reference

NZ436000570220

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