convex dish

thing and Zeppelin detector

Aged unknown

Commemorated on 1 plaque

City of Sunderland Coastal Watch Mirror This convex dish detected German Zeppelins sent to bomb north-east ports. Their course could be judged from engine sounds focussed onto a receiver, giving 15 minutes warning for anti-aircraft defences to be directed onto them. World War I Defences

, Sunderland, United Kingdom where it sited