Blaydon, barrage balloon site

HER Number

11491

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Blaydon, barrage balloon site

Place

Blaydon

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

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

Destroyed Monument

Description

WW2 barrage balloon site immediately south of the River Tyne and south-east of Scotswood Bridge. It consisted of four concentric rings of posts with a maximum diameter of 50m. The platforms of three probably associated buildings lay just to the south-east of the mooring point. The site has been destroyed by development.

Easting

419950

Northing

563370

Grid Reference

NZ419950563370

Sources

English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1435857); Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5256 15-APR-1946 and RAF/FNO/129 1093 01-SEP-1942