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Heugh Battery
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Heugh Battery
- Overview About Heugh Battery Map Street View The Heugh Gun Battery was built on the Headland in 1860 to protect the fast growing port of Hartlepool. The Battery guns were …
Blyth Battery
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Blyth Battery
- Overview Map Street View Blyth Battery is a Military and Local Heritage museum which is free to visit. The artillery battery was originally built in 1916 to defend the port …
Rangefinder Pillar, St Mary's Island
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Rangefinder Pillar, St Mary's Island
- Overview Map Street View There is a concrete pillar on the rocks to the east of St Mary's Island. It was originally built in 1914 as a rangefinder to calibrate …
Tynemouth Priory and Castle
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Tynemouth Priory and Castle
- Overview History Aerial View Street View Tynemouth Castle is located on a rocky headland (known as Pen Bal Crag) at Tynemouth, overlooking Tynemouth Pier and the mouth of the River …
Roberts Battery
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Roberts Battery
- Robert's Battery at Old Hartley was a defensive site dating from the First World War. When a battleship which had been permanently based on the river Tyne was redeployed in …
Look-out Post & Gun Emplacement, Percy Gardens
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Look-out Post & Gun Emplacement, Percy Gardens
- Overview Map Street View 47A Percy Gardens (west side) in Tynemouth is a former lookout post and gun emplacement built in c.1916, during the First World War. It is a …

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