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

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

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

430230

Northing

565020

Grid Reference

NZ430230565020

Sources

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