Glasgow, Provanmill, Provan Gas Works
Barrage Balloon Site (First World War)
Site Name Glasgow, Provanmill, Provan Gas Works
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Clyde Aa Defences; Blochairn Road
Canmore ID 209174
Site Number NS66NW 385
NGR NS 6201 6648
NGR Description NS c. 6201 6648
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/209174
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66NW 385 c. 6201 6648
A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from wartime RAF oblique air photographs (No.1 CAM obliques, nos.11901 and 11902, flown 19 April 1943) situated within Provan Gas Works (NS66NW 30.00). It is not known whether the site has been removed during the post-war period.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 2002.
Field Visit (18 April 2017)
Nothing is now visible in industrial waste ground of a World War Two Barrage Balloon anchoring site, which is shown on an RAF photograph (No. 1 CAM obliques, nos 11901 and 11902) taken on 19 April 1943. The site was one of an extensive network that protected the population and industry of central Glasgow and the Clyde from low flying enemy bombers.
Information from HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK) 18 April 2017.
