Felling, barrage balloon

HER Number

11665

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Felling, barrage balloon

Place

Felling

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

Destroyed Monument

Description

WW2 barrage balloon in Felling Shore. Composed of at least three incomplete concentric rings of posts; 20m in diameter. Probably destroyed by industrial buildings.

Easting

427890

Northing

562260

Grid Reference

NZ427890562260

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409150; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/35 5230 16-MAY-1948, NMR NZ 27 62/17 (31371/O-16751) 23-AUG-1943; RAF FNO/129 1078 01-SEP-1942