Jesmond Dene, sentry box?

HER Number:
5707

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond Dene, sentry box?

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Sentry Box

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Subterranean concrete feature. Very little of it visible. Looks like it may have been a sentry box/watch house associated with the nearby pillbox (HER 1954) and Home Guard HQ (HER 1953).

Easting:
2544

Northing:
6728

Grid Reference:
NZ25446728

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5707 >> Pers. Comm. Jesmond Dene Rangers, 2004