Howdon, barrage balloon site

HER Number

11770

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 1946. Three probable mooring post circles, two slightly smaller than the third.

Easting

433000

Northing

566350

Grid Reference

NZ433000566350

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1405888; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/147 5347 15-APR-1946