Grangetown, radar station

HER Number:
12659

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Grangetown, radar station

Place:
Grangetown

Map Sheet:
NZ45SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Military Observation Site

Site Type: Specific:
Radar Station

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Second World War Anti Aircraft Battery centred at NZ 4052 5401. To the north-west at NZ 4045 5408 there is a Gun Laying radar site. Centred at NZ 4043 5405 there are two possible Cold War military buildings overlying the earlier GL mat. (1-2)

Easting:
4045

Northing:
5408

Grid Reference:
NZ40455408

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1462351; RAF 106G/UK/873 6198 01-OCT-1945; NMR OS 52/R/49 0036 23-AUG-1952; C S Dobinson 1996 Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46 Page(s)480