Benwell, Condercum Road, air raid shelters

HER Number:
11677

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Condercum Road, air raid shelters

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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:
Five air raid shelters of WW2 seen on air photographs. In school playing fields between Condercum Road and Conhope Lane. Arranged north-south surrounded by banks on all four sides. Each shelter was 15m x 7m. The whole complex was 90m x 25m. Now levelled.

Easting:
2186

Northing:
6441

Grid Reference:
NZ21866441

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1432157; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5498 15-APR-1946