Hay Street, air raid shelter

HER Number

12720

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hay Street, air raid shelter

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

Structure

Description

Second World War air raid shelters are visible as structures and earthworks on air photographs, at NZ 3965 5795.

Easting

439490

Northing

557760

Grid Reference

NZ439490557760

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1463081; RAF 106G/UK/745 6269 28-AUG-1945