Mill Dam, barrage balloon site

HER Number

11726

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Mill Dam, barrage balloon site

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

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

A barrage balloon site of WW2 seen on air photographs. A concentric, circular arrangement of concrete mooring posts. The site is now covered by a factory.

Easting

435900

Northing

566700

Grid Reference

NZ435900566700

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1400960; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/32 5309 16-MAY-1948