Usworth, pillbox and observation post

Usworth, pillbox and observation post

HER Number
15155
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Usworth, pillbox and observation post
Place
Usworth
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
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
Structure
Description
Discovered by a 'Derelict Places' member. Two concrete structures on a hill overlooking RAF Usworth (now Nissan). Both are covered with earth/soil maybe when the nearby covered reservoir was built on Nanny Cow Hill. One of the structures has its entrance in the roof so is likely to be an observation post rather than a pill box. The pill box is a bit further down the hill. Only the gun embrasure is now visible.
Easting
435140
Northing
559960
Grid Reference
NZ435140559960
Sources
Derelict Places Documenting Decay http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=19621, posted 25 July 2011; email from Pillbox Study Group, 12 June 2012