South Shields, aircraft obstructions

An extensive area of aircraft obstructions from WW2 seen as earthworks and cropmarks on war-time air photographs. Lying to the west of South Shields, the obstructions were laid out in a grid pattern and appear as linear ditches with small spoil heaps to either side. Bounded by Temple Park Road and King George Road on the east, Harton Lane on the north, Nevison Avenue on the south, they extend over an area 1430m x 600m. Most of the remains have been levelled and to the east of South Shields General Hospital, they have been built over.