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North Queensferry, Ferry Craig

Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)

Site Name North Queensferry, Ferry Craig

Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)

Alternative Name(s) Forth Aa Defences

Canmore ID 204824

Site Number NT18SW 213.07

NGR NT 1268 8064

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Inverkeithing
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Dunfermline
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NT18SW 213.07 1268 8064

A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from postwar vertical air photographs (106G UK 1326, 5033-5034, flown 28 March 1946), in a field to the W of North Queensferry.

The mooring site has been demolished and the field built over by a housing estate.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2005

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