South Shields, military depot

HER Number

11685

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, military depot

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Depot

Site Type: Specific

Military Depot

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

A military depot of WW2, seen on war-time air photographs. Two groups of structures at NZ 3952 6398 and NZ 3966 6371, approximately 300m apart are probably magazines of ammunition associated with a naval gun known as the Tyne Turret which was situated approximately 700m further east. These were all temporary structures protected by coils of barbed wire. Now demolished.

Easting

439520

Northing

563980

Grid Reference

NZ439520563980

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403240; Aerial Photograph RAF 106G/UK/1193 4280 27-FEB-1946