NHER 53645 (Monument) - World War Two barrage balloon site
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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 a small number of possibly associated structures on 1940s aerial photographs (S1)-(S4), centred at TG 2130 0837. The site is probably that recorded in a bibliographic source (S5) as Site 9, located on the CEYMS Sports Ground, 29 The Avenues. The approximate location of the central tethering point for the balloon (which may just be visible in 1945) has been mapped (at TG 2129 0836), along with an elongated concrete structure which is visible on post-war aerial photographs (such as (S6)) and may not be part of the balloon site. A number of huts are visible on the playing field (for example along its north side), but it is not clear whether these too are associated with the balloon site or were instead related to civilian activity; they have not been mapped by the NMP.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 15 June 2010.
Associated Sources (6)
- <S1> SNF74207 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 2111-2 30-APR-1942 (NMR).
- <S2> SNF74778 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF?. 1943. RAF? Z18 04-MAY-1943 (NHER TG 2108B).
- <S3> SNF74268 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC258 5009-10 28-MAR-1944 (NMR).
- <S4> SNF74659 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/772 6017-8 06-SEP-1945 (NMR).
- <S5> SNF72656 Monograph: Banger, J.. 2003. Norwich at War.. p 100.
- <S6> SNF74775 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1951. RAF 58/767 (Vp2) 5020-1 29-JUL-1951 (NMR).
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jun 15 2010 1:59PM