South Shields, aircraft obstructions

HER Number:
11689

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, aircraft obstructions

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Anti Aircraft Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Aircraft Obstruction

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
Lines of aircraft obstructions of WW2 date mapped from wartime photography. Linear ditches with small spoil heaps to either side. There is a north-south line 154m long and two further lines at right angles, west-east 125m and 187m long. Destroyed by development at Whiteleas.

Easting:
3664

Northing:
6343

Grid Reference:
NZ36646343

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403206; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/35 5380 16-MAY-1948