Windmill Hills, barrage balloon

HER Number

11664

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Windmill Hills, barrage balloon

Place

Gateshead

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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. Composed of a concentric arrangement of posts for the mooring of a balloon. At least two circuits of posts, approximately 23m in diameter.

Easting

425180

Northing

562960

Grid Reference

NZ425180562960

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409058; Aerial Photograph RAF/3G/TUD/UK/12/14 5102 12-JAN-1946