Look-out Post, Percy Gardens, Tynemouth

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Look-out Post & Gun Emplacement, Percy Gardens


Tynemouth

  • Description

    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 7-storey tower built with reinforced concrete originally with a gun emplacement on it's roof. The tower is said to have been built after German naval bombardment of Hartlepool and Scarborough, as a fall-of-shot tower and for range-finding of guns of Tynemouth Battery. It is a Grade II listed building.

  • Owner

    Simon_Cotterill

  • Source

    Flickr (Flickr)

  • License

    What does this mean? Public Domain Dedication (CC0)

  • Further information

    Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/137828720@N06/50127061086/
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 4 years, 3 months ago
    Viewed: 500 times
    Picture Taken: 2020-07-18T21:03:14

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