Marsden, Man Haven, bomb crater

HER Number:
11729

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Marsden, Man Haven, bomb crater

Place:
Marsden

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Unassigned

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Bomb Crater

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Cropmark

Description:
A Second World War bomb crater seen on vertical photographs from 1941. The crater can be seen on a series of photographs soon after impact. It has been grassed over and is now visible as a slight cropmark. The bomb was presumably aimed at the Man Haven radar station (HER 11723).

Easting:
3952

Northing:
6571

Grid Reference:
NZ39526571

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1400951; Aerial Photograph RAF 4E/UK650 106 12-JUN-1941; NMR NZ 3965/10 (MSO 31272 PO-024) 22-OCT-1941; RAF 540/1381 225 07-AUG-1954