Bill Quay, barrage balloon

HER Number:
11667

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Bill Quay, barrage balloon

Place:
Bill Quay

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:
Levelled Earthwork

Description:
WW2 barrage balloon site. Located on a small area of level ground between terraced housing and a steep-sided gully. The site may have been levelled, it is now covered in bushes. The site is defined by at least three circuits of mooring posts. The rings of posts have a diameter of 23m.

Easting:
2951

Northing:
6263

Grid Reference:
NZ29516263

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409303; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5045 04-APR-1946 and NMR NZ 29 62/3 (31371/O-16756) 23-AUG-1943