Jarrow, barrage balloon site

HER Number

11748

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

Demolished Building

Description

A WW2 barrage balloon mooring site seen on sir photographs from 1946 with several associated buildings.

Easting

430470

Northing

562980

Grid Reference

NZ430470562980

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403215; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5021 04-APR-1946