Whitley Bay, bomb crater

HER Number:
13599

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Whitley Bay, bomb crater

Place:
Whitley Bay

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Unassigned

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Bomb Crater

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Second World War bomb crater visible as an earthwork on air photographs. The bomb crater is approximately 10m in diameter. The feature appears to be no longer extant on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting:
3457

Northing:
7424

Grid Reference:
NZ34577424

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1464903; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5110 15-APR-1946