Hebburn, Reyrolles Hebburn Works, air raid shelters

HER Number

11751

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Hebburn, Reyrolles Hebburn Works, air raid shelters

Place

Hebburn

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific

Air Raid Shelter

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

WW2 air raid shelters seen as earthworks on photographs from 1946. Probably served the adjacent factories. They have since been dismantled.

Easting

430260

Northing

564530

Grid Reference

NZ430260564530

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403213; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5016 04-APR-1946