Jarrow, aircraft obstructions

HER Number:
11735

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Jarrow, aircraft obstructions

Place:
Jarrow

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Anti Aircraft Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Aircraft Obstruction

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
An extensive system of WW2 aircraft obstructions seen on air photographs. Over 150 sections have been recorded. They include a variety of forms - a long continuous bank flanked by a ditch, a ditch flanked by small mounds, a ditch flanked by two parallel banks. The obstructions have been ploughed level or have been built over.

Easting:
332

Northing:
616

Grid Reference:
NZ332616

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403654; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 3362 and 4359 27-FEB-1946, RAF 58/B/35 5280 16-MAY-1948, RAF NLA/32 5067 10-APR-1942, RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5110 04-APR-1946, RAF FNO/98 2097 16-AUG-1942; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2011, Lukes Lane, Monkton, South Tyneside - archaeological assessment; Archaeological Research Services Ltd., 2015, Land adjacent to Lukes Lane, Monkton, South Tyneside - Archaeological Evaluation