Felling, air raid shelters

HER Number:
11661

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Felling, air raid shelters

Place:
Felling

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Air Raid Shelter

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
A group of nine air raid shelters seen as earthworks on air photographs. The semi-sunken shelters lay in the grounds of a school and were arranged in rows opposite one another. The shelters were approximately 16m x 9m in size.

Easting:
2767

Northing:
6142

Grid Reference:
NZ27676142

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409164; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/94 5284 29-MAR-1946; Tyne and Wear Museums, 2013, Stephenson Terrace, Gateshead, Geophysical Survey