Jarrow, barrage balloon site

HER Number

11732

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 photographs from 1946 along with associated buildings. Since levelled.

Easting

430080

Northing

563890

Grid Reference

NZ430080563890

Sources

English Heritage Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, 2008, 1403214; Aerial Photograph RAF 3G/TUD/UK/125 5018 04-APR-1946