Long Sands, WW2 Roadblock

HER Number

4655

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Long Sands, WW2 Roadblock

Place

Cullercoats

Map Sheet

NZ37SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Road Block

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This is the site of a WW2 concrete roadblock constructed in 1940-1, but since destroyed.

Easting

436600

Northing

570700

Grid Reference

NZ436600570700

Sources

<< HER 4655 >> Defence of Britain Project, 2002, Defence of Britain Database, S0002908