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:
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. An incomplete grid of linear ditches with associated small dumps of spoil to either side. Seen over an area measuring 1155m x 1120m.

Easting:
3947

Northing:
6382

Grid Reference:
NZ39476382

Lats/Lons:

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