Blaydon, barrage balloon site

HER Number:
11491

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon, barrage balloon site

Place:
Blaydon

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Anti Aircraft Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Barrage Balloon Site

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Destroyed Monument

Description:
WW2 barrage balloon site immediately south of the River Tyne and south-east of Scotswood Bridge. It consisted of four concentric rings of posts with a maximum diameter of 50m. The platforms of three probably associated buildings lay just to the south-east of the mooring point. The site has been destroyed by development.

Easting:
1995

Northing:
6337

Grid Reference:
NZ19956337

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1435857); Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5256 15-APR-1946 and RAF/FNO/129 1093 01-SEP-1942