Jarrow, aircraft obstructions

HER Number

11735

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, aircraft obstructions

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Aircraft Obstruction

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Levelled Earthwork

Description

An extensive system of WW2 aircraft obstructions seen on air photographs. Over 150 sections have been recorded. They include a variety of forms - a long continuous bank flanked by a ditch, a ditch flanked by small mounds, a ditch flanked by two parallel banks. The obstructions have been ploughed level or have been built over.

Easting

433200

Northing

561600

Grid Reference

NZ433200561600

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403654; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 3362 and 4359 27-FEB-1946, RAF 58/B/35 5280 16-MAY-1948, RAF NLA/32 5067 10-APR-1942, RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5110 04-APR-1946, RAF FNO/98 2097 16-AUG-1942; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2011, Lukes Lane, Monkton, South Tyneside - archaeological assessment; Archaeological Research Services Ltd., 2015, Land adjacent to Lukes Lane, Monkton, South Tyneside - Archaeological Evaluation