Cleadon, Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery, baseball diamond

HER Number:
12760

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Cleadon, Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery, baseball diamond

Place:
Cleadon

Map Sheet:
NZ36SE

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Sports Site

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
A baseball diamond can be seen on an aerial photograph from 1945 in the area to the east of the accommodation blocks, suggesting that they were probably used by US servicemen.

Easting:
3943

Northing:
6134

Grid Reference:
NZ39436134

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Matthew Oakey, English Heritage, 2009, Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site, National Mapping Programme Summary Report; NMR Monument Number 1403259; RAF vertical aerial photograph RAF 106G/UK/745 6255 28-AUG-1945