Seaburn, pillbox

HER Number

5364

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Seaburn, pillbox

Place

Seaburn

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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

A Second World War barbed wire perimeter and potential pillbox are visible as structures on air photographs.

Easting

440700

Northing

559800

Grid Reference

NZ440700559800

Sources

<< HER 5364 >> A. Rudd, of Wartime Defences in Tyne and Wear - typed list; NMR MONUMENT NUMBER: 1463040; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF S629 0084 22-OCT-1941