Scaffold Hill, WW2 Bombing Decoy (SF15a)

HER Number:
1827

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Scaffold Hill, WW2 Bombing Decoy (SF15a)

Place:
Scaffold Hill

Map Sheet:
NZ37SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific:
Bombing Decoy

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
A so-called "starfish" bombing decoy site. It was bombed at least once during World War II and is still extant.

Easting:
305

Northing:
702

Grid Reference:
NZ305702

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1827 >> Pers comm. A.Rudd, Defence of Britain Project, Letter to Barbara Harbottle -Historic Environment Record C. Dobinson, 2000, Fields of Deception, Britain's Bombing Decoys of World War 2 Council For British Archaeology, 1995, Twentieth Century Defences in Britain - An Introductory Guide Handbook of The Defence of Britain Project, p 63-64; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment