Whiteleas, aircraft obstructions

HER Number

11701

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Whiteleas, aircraft obstructions

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

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

Destroyed Monument

Description

Lines of aircraft obstructions created during WW2 but now destroyed by development. Linear ditches with small spoil heaps to either side. The line runs east to west for 220m. Further lines are visible 340m north.

Easting

436720

Northing

562610

Grid Reference

NZ436720562610

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403187; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/37 5449 17-MAY-1948