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Semi-circular concrete gun emplacement with brick and concrete long rectangular structure to rear. Faces north out to sea
(Source: Field Visit 1993)
Type of site | GUN EMPLACEMENT |
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Location | Skinningrove, on sea front just east of Kilton Beck |
Area |
Skinningrove, Redcar & Cleveland, England |
Grid reference |
NZ 715 201
(Scale: 1:250000
, 1987)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Coastal erosion (Medium Term) Detail: Site on cliff above beach. |
Recorder | Newbould, H.C. |
Defence grouping |
North East coast defences - Coastal crust and hinterland defences from the northern county border of North Yorkshire to the southern county border of Northumberland including all coastal defences in Redcar and Cleveland, Middlesborugh, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Durham, Sunderland, South Tyneside and North Tyneside. |
Photographs |
![]() (2) - external views (1 DIGITISED) |
DOB site reference: | S0005910 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In 1992 Field Visit, In the period 1995 1999 |