Bensham, barrage balloon

HER Number

11663

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Bensham, barrage balloon

Place

Bensham

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

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

WW2 barrage balloon site composed of two or three concentric rings of posts, approximately 30m in diameter. Possibly associated buildings to the north-east and east. Now the grounds of Gateshead Synagogue (HER 10850).

Easting

425000

Northing

562180

Grid Reference

NZ425000562180

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1409057; Aerial Photograph RAF/3G/TUD/UK/12/14 5100 12-JAN-1946