Trow Point, Pillbox

HER Number

1792

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Trow Point, Pillbox

Place

Trow Point

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fortification

Site Type: Specific

Pillbox

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Pillbox. Recorded by Phase 2 of the North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment. Recorded as eroded and at risk of slumping. Risk = high. Threat level 8. LOCAL LIST

Easting

438420

Northing

566670

Grid Reference

NZ438420566670

Sources

<< HER 1792 >> A. Rudd, 1989, Existing Sites of Pillboxes in Tyne and Wear; English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme, 602136; Aerial Photographs RAF 58/B/32 5199 16-MAY-1948; NMR OS/87130 103 02-SEP-1987; Archaeological Research Services, 2010, Phase 2 North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment, Project Record Number 135; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011:
REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/66/SS