Walker, Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Tyne N

HER Number

5503

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Walker, Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Tyne N

Place

Walker

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Anti Aircraft Defence Site

Site Type: Specific

Anti Aircraft Battery

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Site of heavy anti aircraft battery - Tyne N

Easting

429270

Northing

565230

Grid Reference

NZ429270565230

Sources

<< HER 5503 >> Alan Rudd, 1986, List of 20th century defence sites on Tyneside; English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1429931; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5038 04-APR-1946; C.S. Dobinson, 1996, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery: England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46, pages 480; PCA Ltd. 2010, New Walker Technology College Site - Archaeological Watching Brief; Pre-Construct Archaeology, 2009, Waverdale Avenue, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne - Archaeological Assessment