Jesmond, Highbury, air raid shelters

Tyne and Wear HER(11708): Jesmond, Highbury, air raid shelters - Details

HER Number:
11708

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, Highbury, air raid shelters

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Air Raid Shelter

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
A line of three air raid shelters of the Second World War period. Lie in a vertical line at the edge of playing fields. Now levelled.

Easting:
2487

Northing:
6670

Grid Reference:
NZ24876670

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1433717; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/12/14 5117 12-JAN-1946