South Shields, military depot

HER Number:
11685

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, military depot

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Military Depot

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
A military depot of WW2, seen on war-time air photographs. Two groups of structures at NZ 3952 6398 and NZ 3966 6371, approximately 300m apart are probably magazines of ammunition associated with a naval gun known as the Tyne Turret which was situated approximately 700m further east. These were all temporary structures protected by coils of barbed wire. Now demolished.

Easting:
3952

Northing:
6398

Grid Reference:
NZ39526398

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403240; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4280 27-FEB-1946