Howdon, barrage balloon site

HER Number

11769

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Howdon, barrage balloon site

Place

Howdon

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

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 mapped from air photographs of 1942. A group of three circular areas where balloons were moored. Balloons are visible on some photographs.

Easting

433470

Northing

566290

Grid Reference

NZ433470566290

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405895; Aerial Photograph RAF FNO/98 2101 16-AUG-1942