The Side, air raid shelter

HER Number:
7679

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
The Side, air raid shelter

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
A two-storey air raid shelter was archaeologically recorded here before demolition in 1998. The exterior walls were stone and brick built, with a concrete render on the roadside elevation. The floor and roof were of reinforced concrete. The shelter was supplied with a louvred ventilator.

Easting:
425020

Northing:
563930

Grid Reference:
NZ425020563930

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Bill Hopper Design Ltd, 1997, Proposed Car Park for CNC Properties plc, The Milburn Estates, Side, Newcastle upon Tyne - Photographic survey of existing bomb shelter buildings; Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 1998, A Watching Brief during the demolition of Second World War Air-Raid Shelters for the Construction of a Car Park at The Side, Newcastle upon Tyne, for CNC Properties plc