Glasgow, Pollokshields, Maxwell Park
Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Site Name Glasgow, Pollokshields, Maxwell Park
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Clyde Aa Defences
Canmore ID 208555
Site Number NS56SE 1538
NGR NS 5669 6297
NGR Description NS c.5669 6297
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/208555
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56SE 1538 c.5669 6297
A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from a wartime RAF oblique air photograph (No.1 CAM oblique, x901, flown 21 October 1941) in the SW section of Maxwell Park. It is not known whether the site was removed during the post-war period.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 2002
Field Visit (29 March 2017)
Nothing is now visible in an area occupied by open grassland of a World War Two Barrage Balloon anchoring site, which is visible on an RAF photograph (No. 1 CAM oblique, x901) taken on 21 October 1941. This 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) 29 March 2017.
