Five air raid shelters of WW2 seen on air photographs. In school playing fields between Condercum Road and Conhope Lane. Arranged north-south surrounded by banks on all four sides. Each shelter was 15m x 7m. The whole complex was 90m x 25m. Now levelled.
Site Type: Broad
Civil Defence Site
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Five air raid shelters of Second World War seen on air photographs. In school playing fields between Condercum Road and Conhope Lane. Arranged north-south surrounded by banks on all four sides. Each shelter was 15m x 7m. The whole complex was 90m x 25m. Now levelled.
Two air raid shelters of WW2 in Rutherford School's playing fields. Lay in a north-south arrangement and surrounded by banks on all four sides. The shelters each measure 14m x 7m. Now levelled. Lie within a Scheduled section of Hadrian's Wall ditch (SAM 28/10).
Site Type: Broad
Civil Defence Site
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Two air raid shelters of Second World War in Rutherford School's playing fields. Lay in a north-south arrangement and surrounded by banks on all four sides. The shelters each measure 14m x 7m. Now levelled. Lie within a Scheduled section of Hadrian's Wall ditch (SAM 28/10).
Bandstand of 20th century date seen as a semi-circular tiered earthwork on aerial photographs. A bandstand is named on OS second edition of 1899 but not shown until third edition of 1916. On the fourth edition of 1940-42 it is named "old bandstand".
Site Type: Broad
Music Speech and Dance Venue
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Bandstand of 20th century date seen as a semi-circular tiered earthwork on aerial photographs. A bandstand is named on OS second edition of 1899 but not shown until third edition of 1916. On the fourth edition of 1940-42 it is named "old bandstand".
Three bomb craters probably from WW2, seen on aerial photographs immediately after the war. They lie only 660m north-east of a former anti aircraft battery. The craters have been levelled.
Site Type: Broad
Bomb Crater
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Three bomb craters probably from Second World War, seen on aerial photographs immediately after the war. They lie only 660m north-east of a former anti aircraft battery. The craters have been levelled.
Lines of aircraft obstructions of WW2 mapped from air photographs of wartime period. These lie 100m north-east of an anti aircraft gun battery. The aircraft obstructions are arranged at right angles in a grid formation, in an area 250m x 250m and formed by a ditch with adjacent lines of upcast spoil. The features have since been levelled.
Site Type: Broad
Defence Obstruction
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Lines of aircraft obstructions of Second World War mapped from air photographs of wartime period. These lie 100m north-east of an anti aircraft gun battery. The aircraft obstructions are arranged at right angles in a grid formation, in an area 250m x 250m and formed by a ditch with adjacent lines of upcast spoil. The features have since been levelled.
During archaeological evaluation on the site of South West Farm (by Archaeological Services Durham University) a cow skeleton with foetal calf was recorded, buried in a pit. There was medieval pottery in the fill of the pit. A complex of gullies and ditches also containing medieval pottery were recorded, probably forming plot boundaries behind the medieval properties which fronted onto the main thoroughfare (Front Street). The tumble from a former wall had fallen into one of the ditches. Report is forthcoming.
Site Type: Broad
Pit
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During archaeological evaluation on the site of South West Farm (by Archaeological Services Durham University) a cow skeleton with foetal calf was recorded, buried in a pit. There was medieval pottery in the fill of the pit. A complex of gullies and ditches also containing medieval pottery were recorded, probably forming plot boundaries behind the medieval properties which fronted onto the main thoroughfare (Front Street). The tumble from a former wall had fallen into one of the ditches. Report is forthcoming.