Marsden, Camel Island, pillbox
Marsden, Camel Island, pillbox
HER Number
5337
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Marsden, Camel Island, pillbox
Place
Marsden
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. Set in the cliff face behind Camel Island is a pill box. The roof is 1 metres below the cliff top. Built of concrete with corrugated iron shuttering. A cube 2.5 metres long, 2.9 metres wide and 2 metres high. A flight of steps, eight of which remain, are butted against the north side. They give access to the concrete roof and beyond to the cliff top. Erosion is beginning to undermine the structure. The interior has a wall alongside the entrance. There are two small apertures, 10cm x 10cm at roof level, one looking out onto Marsden Grotto, the other over the cliff. LOCAL LIST
Easting
439730
Northing
565610
Grid Reference
NZ439730565610
Sources
<< HER 5337 >> A. Rudd, of Wartime Defences in Tyne and Wear - typed list; The Arbeia Society, 2004, Archaeological Survey of the coast from South Shields to Whitburn; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/70/SS