South Shields, aircraft obstructions

HER Number

11689

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

South Shields, aircraft obstructions

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Defence Obstruction

Site Type: Specific

Aircraft Obstruction

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Destroyed Monument

Description

Lines of aircraft obstructions of WW2 date mapped from wartime photography. Linear ditches with small spoil heaps to either side. There is a north-south line 154m long and two further lines at right angles, west-east 125m and 187m long. Destroyed by development at Whiteleas.

Easting

436640

Northing

563430

Grid Reference

NZ436640563430

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403206; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/35 5380 16-MAY-1948