Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Glasgow, Partick, Meadowside Quay
Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Site Name Glasgow, Partick, Meadowside Quay
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Clyde Aa Defences; Castlebank Street
Canmore ID 203598
Site Number NS56NW 353
NGR NS 5486 6646
NGR Description NS c.5486 6646
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/203598
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NW 352 c.5486 6646
A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from World War II RAF vertical air photographs (NLA 44, 5.24-5.25, flown 27 August 1942) in an area between the railway immediately N of Castlebank Street and Meadowside Quay. The area subsequently been redeveloped and new warehouses have been built on the site.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2001
Field Visit (19 April 2017)
Nothing is now visible in an area occupied by housing of a World War Two Barrage Balloon anchoring site, which is shown on an RAF photograph (NLA 44, 5.24-5.25) taken on 27 August 1942. 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.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK) 19 April 2017.
