South Shields, bomb craters

HER Number

11746

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, bomb craters

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

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

Earthwork

Description

Four bomb craters at NZ 3372 6344, NZ 3411 6349, NZ 3390 6315 and NZ 3425 6319. Seen as earthworks on air photographs from 1946. The craters lie between 250 and 500m apart. It is not clear what the bombing target was. Three of the craters have been built over.

Easting

433700

Northing

563400

Grid Reference

NZ433700563400

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403226; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 3289 27-FEB-1946