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World War II pillbox and searchlight battery (Wylam)

Concrete pillbox on outskirts of Wylam. (1)

World War II pillbox and searchlight battery is visible as earthworks on air photogaphs taken in 1946, centred at NZ 1159 6515. The searchlights, gun emplacements and associated buildings have been levelled and destroyed. The concrete pillbox still survives and lies on top of a post medieval tramway (see HER 31314). (2)

General association with HER 31314 (tramway). (2)
N10889
Second World War (1939 to 1945)
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage


Source of Reference
Local History of Wylam

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