Hendon, Commercial Road, air raid shelters

HER Number

12647

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hendon, Commercial Road, air raid shelters

Place

Hendon

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 examined as part of the North East Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment

Easting

440810

Northing

556020

Grid Reference

NZ440810556020

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1462623; RAF 106G/UK/873 6133 01-OCT-1945