South Shields, Whiteleas, aircraft obstructions

HER Number:
11693

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Whiteleas, 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:
Earthwork

Description:
An extensive area of aircraft obstructions from WW2 seen as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. Linear ditches with associated small dumps of spoil to either side. There are four parallel lines of obstructions, each 136m long and connected by another line at right angles.

Easting:
3706

Northing:
6244

Grid Reference:
NZ37066244

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403229; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/37 5449 17-MAY-1948