Coquet Stop Line
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The Coquet Stop Line, which runs from Amble in Northumberland up the valley of the River Coquet, formed part of the defences constructed to meet the threat of a German invasion during World War II. It was intended to slow the advance of the German army from the North in order to provide time for the assembly of a field army on the Tyne Stop Line which lies around thirty miles to the South.
The Coquet Stop Line is made up of a string of pillboxes, which seem to have a common shape that has been referred to as the Coquet line type. To their front tends to lie open ground, often the river or its floodplain, while to the rear, where the entrance is situated, efforts were made to provide cover for a retreating force.
[edit] Locations of pillboxes
The locations of definitely identified pillboxes comprising the Coquet Stop Line are given below in the format ID number, location, eight figure grid reference. They are listed from East to West. The listing of a pillbox here does not imply any right to visit the sites which are almost entirely on private land.
| ID | Location | Grid Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| P306 | Weldon Bridge | NZ13919833 | |
| P309 | Pauperhaugh | ||
| P312 | Cartington near Rothbury | NU06760041 | |
| P313 | Carterside near Rothbury | NU04560100 | |
| P314 | Newtown | NU03560105 | |
| P315 | Ryehill | NU02150159 | |
| P318 | Little Tosson | NU00860140 | |
| P319 | Bickerton | NU00080066 | |
| P320 | Bickerton | NT99320042 | |
| P321 | Hepple | NY98489979 | significant subsidence due to river |
| P322 | Hepple | NT97770002 | |
| P323 | Harehaugh | NT97249996 |
