Leam Lane, bomb craters

HER Number

11753

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Leam Lane, bomb craters

Place

Leam Lane

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

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

Four bomb craters seen as earthworks on air photographs from the 1940s and 1950s. They appear now to have filled in and ploughed level. The craters lie in a line and may result from the bomber dropping its load after leaving a target.

Easting

430410

Northing

560810

Grid Reference

NZ430410560810

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403650; Aerial Photograph RAF 540/1381 159 07-AUG-1954