Swalwell, barrage balloon site

HER Number

11492

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Swalwell, barrage balloon site

Place

Swalwell

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

Levelled Earthwork

Description

WW2 barrage balloon site. Three concentric rings of mooring posts with a maximum diameter of 56m. Site lay to the east of the River Derwent between Hexham Road and the railway line.

Easting

419950

Northing

562230

Grid Reference

NZ419950562230

Sources

English Heritage, 2008, Hadrian's Wall National Mapping Programme (1435834); Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5259 15-APR-1946 and RAF FNO/129 1093 01-SEP-1942