Glasgow Green
Air Raid Shelter (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow Green
Classification Air Raid Shelter (20th Century)
Canmore ID 157154
Site Number NS66SW 136
NGR NS 600 643
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/157154
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66SW 136 600 643
NS 600 643 An initial period of geophysical work in Glasgow Green has produced significant results. Using a magnetometer in the area between Nelson's Monument and the People's Palace, the clear outline of 17 air raid tunnels have been found. These structures, built of reinforced concrete on a rectangular plan with interconnecting tunnels, were built for the people of Glasgow living around Glasgow Green and the area immediately S of the Clyde. They were built in the late 1930s but no plans survive of their location. They contained air vents at the corners and were entered via ramps. The roofs were of arched concrete but one excavated tunnel has had its roof demolished. The geophysical results have been extremely successful, with many of the tunnel's features being clearly visible on the plots. It is expected that further geophysical work on the events area of the Green will continue in the near future. (GUARD 804, 664, 706).
Other work in Glasgow Green included a photographic survey of both Nelson's Monument and the Doulton Fountain.
Sponsor: Glasgow City Council.
B Ballin-Smith and J Hamer 1999
