Grangetown, radar station

HER Number

12659

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Grangetown, radar station

Place

Grangetown

Map Sheet

NZ45SW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Observation Site

Site Type: Specific

Radar Station

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Second World War Anti Aircraft Battery centred at NZ 4052 5401. To the north-west at NZ 4045 5408 there is a Gun Laying radar site. Centred at NZ 4043 5405 there are two possible Cold War military buildings overlying the earlier GL mat.
(1-2)

Easting

440450

Northing

554080

Grid Reference

NZ440450554080

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1462351; RAF 106G/UK/873 6198 01-OCT-1945; NMR OS 52/R/49 0036 23-AUG-1952; C S Dobinson 1996 Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46 Page(s)480