Marsden, Man Haven, bomb crater

HER Number

11729

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Marsden, Man Haven, bomb crater

Place

Marsden

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Unassigned

Site Type: Broad

Bomb Crater

Site Type: Specific

Bomb Crater

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Cropmark

Description

A Second World War bomb crater seen on vertical photographs from 1941. The crater can be seen on a series of photographs soon after impact. It has been grassed over and is now visible as a slight cropmark. The bomb was presumably aimed at the Man Haven radar station (HER 11723).

Easting

439520

Northing

565710

Grid Reference

NZ439520565710

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1400951; Aerial Photograph RAF 4E/UK650 106 12-JUN-1941; NMR NZ 3965/10 (MSO 31272 PO-024) 22-OCT-1941; RAF 540/1381 225 07-AUG-1954