Bill Quay, barrage balloon

HER Number

11667

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Bill Quay, barrage balloon

Place

Bill Quay

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. Located on a small area of level ground between terraced housing and a steep-sided gully. The site may have been levelled, it is now covered in bushes. The site is defined by at least three circuits of mooring posts. The rings of posts have a diameter of 23m.

Easting

429510

Northing

562630

Grid Reference

NZ429510562630

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409303; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5045 04-APR-1946 and NMR NZ 29 62/3 (31371/O-16756) 23-AUG-1943