South Shields, aircraft obstructions

HER Number

11695

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, aircraft obstructions

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Aircraft Obstruction

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

An extensive area of aircraft obstructions from WW2 seen as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. An incomplete grid of linear ditches with associated small dumps of spoil to either side. Seen over an area measuring 1155m x 1120m.

Easting

439470

Northing

563820

Grid Reference

NZ439470563820

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403238; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/35 5265 16-MAY-1948 and RAF 106G/UK/1193 4280 27-FEB-1946