Sunderland, South Dock, Air Raid Shelter

HER Number:
5854

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, South Dock, Air Raid Shelter

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Air Raid Shelter

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Concrete building 4 metres x 16 metres in plan. Looks like it must have had some kind of wartime use, if not an air raid shelter perhaps associated with coastal defence.

Easting:
4084

Northing:
5739

Grid Reference:
NZ40845739

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5854 >> Pers. Comm. J. Morrison, 2004; NMR MONUMENT NUMBER: 1462990; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 106G/UK/873 6140 01-OCT-1945; TWM Archaeology, 2010, Land east of Prospect Row, Hendon, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment