Jarrow, barrage balloon site

HER Number

11737

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Jarrow, barrage balloon site

Place

Jarrow

Map Sheet

NZ36SW

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 WW2 barrage balloon mooring site seen on photographs from 1948 with associated buildings. A road has now been built over the site.

Easting

432000

Northing

564280

Grid Reference

NZ432000564280

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403220; Aerial Photograph RAF 58/B/35 5411 16-MAY-1948