Hebburn, barrage balloon site

HER Number:
11750

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, barrage balloon site

Place:
Hebburn

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Anti Aircraft Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Barrage Balloon Site

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
A WW2 barrage balloon mooring site seen on sir photographs from 1946 with several associated buildings. The site has been built over.

Easting:
3023

Northing:
6502

Grid Reference:
NZ30236502

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403207; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5016 04-APR-1946