Callerton, Ammunition Depot

HER Number

5853

District

Outside

Site Name

Callerton, Ammunition Depot

Place

Callerton

Map Sheet

NZ17SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Depot

Site Type: Specific

Munition House

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Site of former ammunition depot. Strictly speaking this is just over the border with Northumberland, but the site is included here as it is probably connected with the RAF base at Newcastle Airport (HER 5676) and associated defence sites. Photographed in 1993, a complex of concrete buildings, roads and earthwork remains survived. The site has probably now been cleared.

Easting

417500

Northing

571040

Grid Reference

NZ417500571040

Sources

<< HER 5853 >> Pers. Comm. I. Ayris, 1993