Stadium Way, barrage balloon site

HER Number

12723

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Stadium Way, barrage balloon site

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

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

Structure

Description

A Second World War barrage balloon is visible as a structure on air photographs, at NZ 3950 5801.
(1)

Easting

439500

Northing

558010

Grid Reference

NZ439500558010

Sources

Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2009, North East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment; NMR Monument 1463080; RAF 106G/UK/745 6269 28-AUG-1945