South Shields, Bents Recreation Ground, barrage balloon site

Tyne and Wear HER(11720): South Shields, Bents Recreation Ground, barrage balloon site - Details

HER Number:
11720

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Bents Recreation Ground, barrage balloon site

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

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:
A barrage balloon site of WW2 seen on air photographs. A concentric, circular arrangement of concrete mooring posts.

Easting:
3772

Northing:
6691

Grid Reference:
NZ37726691

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1400940; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5154 15-APR-1946