Ryton Willows, WW2 aircraft obstruction ditches

HER Number:
1904

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Ryton Willows, WW2 aircraft obstruction ditches

Place:
Ryton

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Anti-Aircraft Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Aircraft Obstruction

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Earthwork

Description:
Two parallel rows of square pits and mounds running north to south across Ryton Willows. Visible on the ground and on aerial photographs. The warden for Ryton Willows Nature Reserve says that they were defence pits to stop aircraft landing during World War Two.

Easting:
1580

Northing:
6504

Grid Reference:
NZ15806504

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1904 >> Aerial Photograph, T. Gates, 2001, T+W/01/A, frames 62-68