High Level Bridge, pillbox

HER Number

5349

District

Newcastle

Site Name

High Level Bridge, pillbox

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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 - slot is visible high up on the bridge adjacent to Queen's Lane. The pillbox was partly demolished in the late 1990s as photographs of that time taken from the Castle Keep show a substantial concrete and brick hut above the slot. The moulding has been removed below the slot and a concrete lintel has been inserted. The slot is blocked with a scaffolding plank.

Easting

425200

Northing

563600

Grid Reference

NZ425200563600

Sources

<< HER 5349 >> A. Rudd, of Wartime Defences in Tyne and Wear - typed list; Personal comment, Colin Anderson, 2006; www.orkneybatteries.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk