Gibside Estate, air raid shelter

HER Number

16500

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Gibside Estate, air raid shelter

Place

Gibside

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific

Air Raid Shelter

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Physical Evidence

Description

The collapsed remains of a corrugated iron Anderson Shelter dug into the bank below the estate road, presumably serving the Lodge and dating from c.1939-1945.

Easting

417020

Northing

558280

Grid Reference

NZ417020558280

Sources

Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2011, New car parking Warren Haugh and West Wood, Gibside - Archaeological Assessment