Highbury, air raid shelters

HER Number

11708

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Highbury, air raid shelters

Place

Jesmond

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

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

Levelled Earthwork

Description

A line of three air raid shelters of the Second World War period. Lie in a vertical line at the edge of playing fields. Now levelled.

Easting

424870

Northing

566700

Grid Reference

NZ424870566700

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1433717; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/12/14 5117 12-JAN-1946