Whitburn, Whitburn Bents Road, Gun Emplacement

HER Number

1785

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, Whitburn Bents Road, Gun Emplacement

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fortification

Site Type: Specific

Gun Emplacement

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey Map evidence show a former gun emplacement at this location. Now sealed up and used as viewing platform with park benches on top of it. It is a rare survival.

Easting

440828

Northing

561325

Grid Reference

NZ440828561325

Sources

<< HER 1785 >> A. Rudd, 1989, Existing Sites of Pillboxes in Tyne and Wear; NMR Monument Number 1462995; (1) Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 106G/UK/1316 5272 27-MAR-1946 (2) Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 106G/UK/873 6153 01-OCT-1945