Tyne and Wear HER(11663): Bensham, barrage balloon - Details
11663
Gateshead
Bensham, barrage balloon
Bensham
NZ26SE
Defence
Anti Aircraft Defence Site
Barrage Balloon Site
Modern
C20
Demolished Building
WW2 barrage balloon site composed of two or three concentric rings of posts, approximately 30m in diameter. Possibly associated buildings to the north-east and east. Now the grounds of Gateshead Synagogue (HER 10850).
2500
6218
NZ25006218
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409057; Aerial Photograph RAF/3G/TUD/UK/12/14 5100 12-JAN-1946