Howdon, building platforms

HER Number

11764

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Howdon, building platforms

Place

Howdon

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Platform

Site Type: Specific

Building Platform

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

A line of five building platforms of probable modern date were mapped from air photographs of 1946. The buildings may have been associated with the nearby anti aircraft battery (HER 5501). The platforms each measure 12m x 6m and are aligned north-south against a field boundary.

Easting

432240

Northing

567640

Grid Reference

NZ432240567640

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405697; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5096 04-APR-1946