Usworth, Picket Hamilton Fort

HER Number

5408

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Usworth, Picket Hamilton Fort

Place

Usworth

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Fortification

Site Type: Specific

Picket Hamilton Fort

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Picket Hamilton Fort - sunken circular concrete pillbox used on WW2 airfields (site is adjacent to Usworth RAF base HER 1824). They remained flush with the surface to permit the free movement of aircraft, but if attack threatened could be raised and manned to give covering fire.

Easting

433800

Northing

558300

Grid Reference

NZ433800558300

Sources

<< HER 5408 >> A. Rudd, of Wartime Defences in Tyne and Wear - typed list