Leam Lane, bomb craters

HER Number:
11753

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Leam Lane, bomb craters

Place:
Leam Lane

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 seen as earthworks on air photographs from the 1940s and 1950s. They appear now to have filled in and ploughed level. The craters lie in a line and may result from the bomber dropping its load after leaving a target.

Easting:
3041

Northing:
6081

Grid Reference:
NZ30416081

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403650; Aerial Photograph RAF 540/1381 159 07-AUG-1954