EAW006055 ENGLAND (1947). Tynemouth Castle, Tynemouth, 1947

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Details

Title [EAW006055] Tynemouth Castle, Tynemouth, 1947
Reference EAW006055
Date 21-May-1947
Link
Place name TYNEMOUTH
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 437313, 569438
Longitude / Latitude -1.4163761695135, 55.018016465069
National Grid Reference NZ373694

Pins

2ndWW military building with surrounding blast wall.

redmist
Thursday 1st of August 2019 10:14:32 AM
? Site of 25 yard firing range?

redmist
Thursday 1st of August 2019 10:13:07 AM
Marked on 1905 map as 'Ball Court' and unlikely to be small arms range, as one existed in Seaton Sluice.

steve43hislop
Tuesday 3rd of September 2019 04:34:52 AM
Location of Coastal Artillery Searchlight.

redmist
Thursday 1st of August 2019 10:12:12 AM
Location of the engine house for the generators for the searchlights.

redmist
Thursday 1st of August 2019 10:09:49 AM
Site of 2 x 4inch gun emplacements and their magazine.

redmist
Thursday 1st of August 2019 10:08:42 AM
Pillbox on top of a searchlight. Possibly dates back to 1stWW? Certainly it appears on the 1927 photos.

redmist
Thursday 1st of August 2019 10:07:43 AM
Castle Gatehouse

totoro
Friday 6th of December 2013 11:09:10 PM

totoro
Friday 6th of December 2013 11:08:32 PM
Short Sands (Beach name)

totoro
Friday 6th of December 2013 11:00:59 PM

totoro
Friday 6th of December 2013 11:00:25 PM
This building seems to still be there in 2013. Not very pretty.

totoro
Friday 6th of December 2013 10:59:13 PM

totoro
Friday 6th of December 2013 10:54:28 PM
Tynemouth Castle Battery BOP

Al
Friday 6th of December 2013 11:32:13 AM
BOP = battery observation post a usually elevated position that was used to direct fire from the battery guns

Al
Thursday 19th of December 2013 10:09:25 PM
6" cosatal gun houses with guns still emplaced

Al
Friday 6th of December 2013 11:31:44 AM

Al
Friday 6th of December 2013 11:31:00 AM
Hi Alisdair,



Could you let people know what the acronyms stand for? Maybe with a link to a Thesaurus term or archaeological record from the Defence of Britain project dataset if one exists? Would be useful to get a bit of context!



Yours, Katy

Britain from Above Cataloguing Team Leader

Katy Whitaker
Friday 6th of December 2013 11:49:46 AM
Certainly - CASL is a coast artillery search light emplacement - similar to the position seen here http://www.skylighters.org/slimages3/scapaflowlightlg.jpg the emplacement would often have steel doors to protect the light when not in use

Al
Thursday 19th of December 2013 10:08:06 PM
WWII coastal Battery 9.2" emplacement gun in situ

Al
Friday 6th of December 2013 11:29:59 AM

User Comment Contributions

A snapshot of Tynemouth taken in June or July 1939.

Class31
Tuesday 6th of May 2014 05:29:59 PM
A snapshot of Tynemouth Castle taken in June or July 1939.

Class31
Tuesday 6th of May 2014 05:25:44 PM
Coast Artillery Battery, Tynemouth.

cptpies
Thursday 19th of December 2013 02:35:42 PM
Tynemouth Priory from the South

totoro
Friday 6th of December 2013 11:12:23 PM