St. Peter's Churchyard, air raid shelter

HER Number

12732

District

Sunderland

Site Name

St. Peter's Churchyard, air raid shelter

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

Structure

Description

Second World War air raid shelters are visible as structures and earthworks on air photographs, at NZ 4009 5775.
(1)

Easting

440170

Northing

557720

Grid Reference

NZ440170557720

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1463003; RAF 106G/UK/873 6225 01-OCT-1945; Turner, A, 2011, Geophysical Surveys at Wearnouth and Jarrow 2008-2011