Drewett Playing Field

HER Number

11774

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Drewett Playing Field

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific

Air Raid Shelter

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Levelled Earthwork

Description

Three air raid shelters seen on air photographs of 1946. They have since been levelled.

Easting

3376

Northing

6529

Grid Reference

NZ33766529

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405902; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5185 04-APR-1946; Turner, A, 2011, Geophysical Surveys at Wearnouth and Jarrow 2008-2011