Scaffold Hill, WW2 Bombing Decoy (SF15a)
Scaffold Hill, WW2 Bombing Decoy (SF15a)
HER Number
1827
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Scaffold Hill, WW2 Bombing Decoy (SF15a)
Place
Scaffold Hill
Map Sheet
NZ37SW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Defence Obstruction
Site Type: Specific
Bombing Decoy
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Second World War 1939 to 1945
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
A so-called "starfish" bombing decoy site. It was bombed at least once during World War II and is still extant.
Easting
430500
Northing
570200
Grid Reference
NZ430500570200
Sources
<< HER 1827 >> Pers comm. A.Rudd, Defence of Britain Project, Letter to Barbara Harbottle -Historic Environment Record
C. Dobinson, 2000, Fields of Deception, Britain's Bombing Decoys of World War 2
Council For British Archaeology, 1995, Twentieth Century Defences in Britain - An Introductory Guide Handbook of The Defence of Britain Project, p 63-64; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment
C. Dobinson, 2000, Fields of Deception, Britain's Bombing Decoys of World War 2
Council For British Archaeology, 1995, Twentieth Century Defences in Britain - An Introductory Guide Handbook of The Defence of Britain Project, p 63-64; ASUD, 2010, Scaffold Hill, North Tyneside - Archaeological Assessment