Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Tyne L

HER Number

5501

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Tyne L

Place

Howdon

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Anti Aircraft Defence Site

Site Type: Specific

Anti Aircraft Battery

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Demolished Building

Description

Site of heavy anti aircraft battery - Tyne L

Easting

432040

Northing

567820

Grid Reference

NZ432040567820

Sources

<< HER 5501 >> Alan Rudd, 1986, List of 20th century defence sites on Tyneside; English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405632; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5096 04-APR-1946; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2013, Sheltered housing accomodation, Crummock Court, Howdon, Wallsend, Archaeological Assessment; Northern Archaeological Associates, 2014, World War II HAA Gun-site, Crummock Court, Howdon, North Tyneside - Archaeological Evaluation