Hebburn, barrage balloon site

HER Number:
11772

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, barrage balloon site

Place:
Hebburn

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:
Barrage balloon sites mapped from air photographs of 1946. A line of three mooring circles were noted, defined by concentric rings of mooring posts, each 25m in diameter. A British Pathe newsreel (http://www.britishpathe.com/video/waaf-barrage-balloon-school) shows the mooring posts as concrete blocks set flush into the ground and with metal attachment rings in their tops.

Easting:
3137

Northing:
6522

Grid Reference:
NZ31376522

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405625; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5103 04-APR-1946; Archaeological Services Durham University, 2013, School Street, Hebburn, South Tyneside, Archaeological Assessment