Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post
Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post
HER Number
5885
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post
Place
Tynemouth
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Royal Observer Corps Site
Site Type: Specific
Royal Observer Corps Site
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Second World War 1939 to 1945
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Post 2 in cluster M of 23 Group moved here from the Seaton Sluice area of Northumberland in November 1957. In around November 1963 it resited to Whitley Bay near Marden Quarry (HER 5886). This was a visual observation post to track aircraft movements. Early Observer Corps Posts had a simple instrument for plotting the plan position of the aircraft. Throughout WW2 the ROC had a more sophisticated "Post Instrument" which also recorded the height of the aircraft. WW2 posts were frequently simply sand bagged emplacements, or more sophisticated examples were of domestic brick construction, some two-storey, with an open observation post and a crew room. Some had latrines.
Easting
434700
Northing
569100
Grid Reference
NZ434700569100
Sources
<< HER 5885 >> C.S. Dobinson, 2000, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, The Cold War, Vol XI, 2, p 261
Council For British Archaeology, 1995, Twentieth Century, Defences in Britain - An Introductory Guide Handbook of The Defence of Britain Project, p 32; D. Wood, 1992, Attack Warning Red; http://subbrit.org.uk
Council For British Archaeology, 1995, Twentieth Century, Defences in Britain - An Introductory Guide Handbook of The Defence of Britain Project, p 32; D. Wood, 1992, Attack Warning Red; http://subbrit.org.uk