Galley's Gill Cemetery, air raid shelters

HER Number

12719

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Galley's Gill Cemetery, air raid shelters

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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, at NZ 3909 5713.

Easting

439100

Northing

557150

Grid Reference

NZ439100557150

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1463081; RAF 106G/UK/745 6269 28-AUG-1945; RAF 106G/UK/745 6235 28-AUG-1945; RAF 106G/UK/873 6225 01-OCT-1945