Felling, barrage balloon

HER Number:
11665

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Felling, barrage balloon

Place:
Felling

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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 in Felling Shore. Composed of at least three incomplete concentric rings of posts; 20m in diameter. Probably destroyed by industrial buildings.

Easting:
2789

Northing:
6226

Grid Reference:
NZ27896226

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409150; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/35 5230 16-MAY-1948, NMR NZ 27 62/17 (31371/O-16751) 23-AUG-1943; RAF FNO/129 1078 01-SEP-1942