Whitley Bay, bomb crater

HER Number

13599

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Whitley Bay, bomb crater

Place

Whitley Bay

Map Sheet

NZ37SW

Class

Unassigned

Site Type: Broad

Bomb Crater

Site Type: Specific

Bomb Crater

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Earthwork

Description

Second World War bomb crater visible as an earthwork on air photographs. The bomb crater is approximately 10m in diameter. The feature appears to be no longer extant on the latest 1988 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.

Easting

434570

Northing

574240

Grid Reference

NZ434570574240

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument No. 1464903; Vertical aerial photograph reference number RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5110 15-APR-1946