Tyne and Wear HER(11678): Scotswood, Whitehouse Road, barrage balloon site - Details
11678
Newcastle
Scotswood, Whitehouse Road, barrage balloon site
Scotswood
NZ26SW
Defence
Anti Aircraft Defence Site
Barrage Balloon Site
Modern
C20
Destroyed Monument
Barrage balloon of WW2 seen on air photographs. Close to the River Tyne at South Benwell. A circular concentric arrangement of posts, 21m in diameter, for the mooring of balloons. Destroyed by development.
2137
6359
NZ21376359
English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1432148; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5280 15-APR-1946