Blyth Coastal Defence Battery (Blyth) - Source of Reference
The information on this website is based on a range of published and unpublished works. Below is a list of the source of information used in writing this record.
(1) Amendment of 9th List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Borough of Blyth Valley 1987?
(2) Fortress Consultants, 1987. Blyth Battery: Feasibility Study. (Unpublished report for Blyth Valley Borough Council)
(3) GUARD, 1993. Northumberland Coastal Survey. (Unpublished report)
(4) English Heritage scheduling document SM32802 27-Jan-2006
(5) Simpson & Brown, 2007. Blyth battery, Blyth. Condition Assessment
(6) Mitchell-Rose, C., 2008. Blyth Battery: investigation into the paint colours used on the 1st and 2nd World War artillery structures at Blyth Beach, Northumberland. (Unpublished report)
(7) Gow, A., 2009. Blyth Battery, Blyth Links, Blyth, Northumberland: building recording. Addyman Archaeology (draft)
(8) Hall, I., 2013. Relics of War; A Guide to the 20th Century Military Remains in the Northumberland Landscape. (Wanney Books), 4-5 & 33
(9) Burgess, C., 2015. Watching brief at Blyth Battery on 20th February 2015 as a condition of Scheduled Monument consent approval for the insertion of a new memorial bench on the site within the extent of the Scheduled Ancient monument (Unpublished report)
(10) This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 January 2021 licensed under the Open Government Licence [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/]
(10a) Aerial photograph 1988 aerial photographs
(10b) Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 541/A/479 4393 21-JUN-1949
(10c) Dobinson C.S., 2000. Twentieth century fortifications in England. Volume 6.1. Coast Artillery, 1900-1956, 6.1, 106-115
(10d) Dobinson C.S., 2000. Twentieth century fortifications in England. Volume 6.1. Coast Artillery, 1900-1956, 6.2, 226
(10e) Anderton, M.J., 2000. Twentieth century military recording project: World War Two Coastal Batteries, 54=55