Two air raid shelters of WW2 in Rutherford School's playing fields. Lay in a north-south arrangement and surrounded by banks on all four sides. The shelters each measure 14m x 7m. Now levelled. Lie within a Scheduled section of Hadrian's Wall ditch (SAM 28/10).
Site Type: Broad
Civil Defence Site
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Two air raid shelters of Second World War in Rutherford School's playing fields. Lay in a north-south arrangement and surrounded by banks on all four sides. The shelters each measure 14m x 7m. Now levelled. Lie within a Scheduled section of Hadrian's Wall ditch (SAM 28/10).
Bandstand of 20th century date seen as a semi-circular tiered earthwork on aerial photographs. A bandstand is named on OS second edition of 1899 but not shown until third edition of 1916. On the fourth edition of 1940-42 it is named "old bandstand".
Site Type: Broad
Music Speech and Dance Venue
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Bandstand of 20th century date seen as a semi-circular tiered earthwork on aerial photographs. A bandstand is named on OS second edition of 1899 but not shown until third edition of 1916. On the fourth edition of 1940-42 it is named "old bandstand".
Three bomb craters probably from WW2, seen on aerial photographs immediately after the war. They lie only 660m north-east of a former anti aircraft battery. The craters have been levelled.
Site Type: Broad
Bomb Crater
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Three bomb craters probably from Second World War, seen on aerial photographs immediately after the war. They lie only 660m north-east of a former anti aircraft battery. The craters have been levelled.
Lines of aircraft obstructions of WW2 mapped from air photographs of wartime period. These lie 100m north-east of an anti aircraft gun battery. The aircraft obstructions are arranged at right angles in a grid formation, in an area 250m x 250m and formed by a ditch with adjacent lines of upcast spoil. The features have since been levelled.
Site Type: Broad
Defence Obstruction
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Lines of aircraft obstructions of Second World War mapped from air photographs of wartime period. These lie 100m north-east of an anti aircraft gun battery. The aircraft obstructions are arranged at right angles in a grid formation, in an area 250m x 250m and formed by a ditch with adjacent lines of upcast spoil. The features have since been levelled.
During archaeological evaluation on the site of South West Farm (by Archaeological Services Durham University) a cow skeleton with foetal calf was recorded, buried in a pit. There was medieval pottery in the fill of the pit. A complex of gullies and ditches also containing medieval pottery were recorded, probably forming plot boundaries behind the medieval properties which fronted onto the main thoroughfare (Front Street). The tumble from a former wall had fallen into one of the ditches. Report is forthcoming.
Site Type: Broad
Pit
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During archaeological evaluation on the site of South West Farm (by Archaeological Services Durham University) a cow skeleton with foetal calf was recorded, buried in a pit. There was medieval pottery in the fill of the pit. A complex of gullies and ditches also containing medieval pottery were recorded, probably forming plot boundaries behind the medieval properties which fronted onto the main thoroughfare (Front Street). The tumble from a former wall had fallen into one of the ditches. Report is forthcoming.
WW2 barrage balloon site. Located on a small area of level ground between terraced housing and a steep-sided gully. The site may have been levelled, it is now covered in bushes. The site is defined by at least three circuits of mooring posts. The rings of posts have a diameter of 23m.
Site Type: Broad
Anti Aircraft Defence Site
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Second World War barrage balloon site. Located on a small area of level ground between terraced housing and a steep-sided gully. The site may have been levelled, it is now covered in bushes. The site is defined by at least three circuits of mooring posts. The rings of posts have a diameter of 23m.