South Shields, Mill Dam, barrage balloon site

HER Number:
11726

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Mill Dam, 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. The site is now covered by a factory.

Easting:
3590

Northing:
6670

Grid Reference:
NZ35906670

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1400960; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/32 5309 16-MAY-1948