Silver Street, air raid shelters

HER Number

12630

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Silver Street, air raid shelters

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ45NW

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

Structure

Description

Second World War air raid shelters are visible as structures and earthworks on air photographs.

Easting

440650

Northing

557490

Grid Reference

NZ440650557490

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1462962; RAF 106G/UK/873 6181 01-OCT-1945; Allen Archaeology, 2013, Land at Burleigh Garth, Hendon, Sunderland - Archaeological Evaluation