Howdon, barrage balloon site

HER Number:
11769

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Howdon, barrage balloon site

Place:
Howdon

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

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 mapped from air photographs of 1942. A group of three circular areas where balloons were moored. Balloons are visible on some photographs.

Easting:
3347

Northing:
6629

Grid Reference:
NZ33476629

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405895; Aerial Photograph RAF FNO/98 2101 16-AUG-1942