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Glasgow, Tollcross, Fullerton
Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Site Name Glasgow, Tollcross, Fullerton
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Clyde Aa Defences
Canmore ID 209156
Site Number NS66SW 821
NGR NS 6449 6307
NGR Description NS c.6449 6307
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/209156
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Old Monkland (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66SW 821 c.6449 6307
A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from a wartime RAF oblique air photograph (No.1 CAM oblique, AF535, flown 6 May 1942) situated immediately N of a large works at Fullarton. The mooring site has been demolished by the construction of a building.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 2002
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 (No. 1 CAM oblique, AF535) taken on 6 May 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.
