South Dock, Air Raid Shelter
South Dock, Air Raid Shelter
HER Number
5854
District
Sunderland
Site Name
South Dock, Air Raid Shelter
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Defence
Site Type: Broad
Civil Defence Site
Site Type: Specific
Air Raid Shelter
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
20th Century 1901 to 2000
Form of Evidence
Demolished Building
Description
Concrete building 4 metres x 16 metres in plan. Looks like it must have had some kind of wartime use, if not an air raid shelter perhaps associated with coastal defence.
Easting
440840
Northing
557390
Grid Reference
NZ440840557390
Sources
<< HER 5854 >> Pers. Comm. J. Morrison, 2004; NMR MONUMENT NUMBER: 1462990; Vertical aerial photograph reference number
RAF 106G/UK/873 6140 01-OCT-1945; TWM Archaeology, 2010, Land east of Prospect Row, Hendon, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment
RAF 106G/UK/873 6140 01-OCT-1945; TWM Archaeology, 2010, Land east of Prospect Row, Hendon, Sunderland - Archaeological Assessment