NHER 53636 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two barrage balloon
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two barrage balloon site is visible as the balloon itself and various associated huts and other structures on 1940s aerial photographs (S1)-(S2) (and perhaps also (S3), although it may post-date these photographs), centred at TG 2045 0883. The site is almost certainly that recorded in a bibliographic source (S4) as Site 8, located on the Municipal School playground, Bowthorpe Road. The likely approximate extent of the tethering points for the balloon has been mapped, along with the few possible tethering points that are visible. A few huts and structures to the east are also likely to be related to the balloon site, although this is not necessarily the case.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 12 June 2010.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF73354 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC258 5008-9 28-MAR-1944 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF74757 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6043-4 06-SEP-1945 (NMR).
- <S3> SNF74690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 (FP) 67-8 30-APR-1942 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF72656 Monograph: Banger, J.. 2003. Norwich at War.. p 100.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 15 2010 11:53AM