South Shields, bomb craters

HER Number:
11746

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, bomb craters

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Unassigned

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Bomb Crater

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Four bomb craters at NZ 3372 6344, NZ 3411 6349, NZ 3390 6315 and NZ 3425 6319. Seen as earthworks on air photographs from 1946. The craters lie between 250 and 500m apart. It is not clear what the bombing target was. Three of the craters have been built over.

Easting:
337

Northing:
634

Grid Reference:
NZ337634

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403226; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 3289 27-FEB-1946