Whitburn, pillbox

HER Number

5353

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whitburn, pillbox

Place

Whitburn

Map Sheet

NZ46SW

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

Demolished Building

Description

Pillbox of WW2 origin. The Arbeia Society [2004] record a slight mound in this vicinity c10m diameter. Shows as a parch mark. A Second World War gun emplacement (HER 1785), associated military buildings, pillboxes, air raid shelters, ordnance stores and tank traps (anti tank cubes) are visible as structures and earthworks on air photographs.

Easting

441000

Northing

561500

Grid Reference

NZ441000561500

Sources

<< HER 5353 >> A. Rudd, of Wartime Defences in Tyne and Wear - typed list; 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