Renfrew, Loanhead
Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Site Name Renfrew, Loanhead
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Clyde Aa Defences; Haining Road; Glendee Gardens
Canmore ID 211548
Site Number NS56NW 376
NGR NS 5077 6688
NGR Description NS c.5077 6688
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/211548
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Renfrew (Renfrew)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS56NW 376 c.5077 6688
A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from an RAF WWII oblique air photograph (No.1 CAM, 6089, 13 October 1942) in an area now built over by Glendee Gardens.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2002
Examination of an earlier WW II RAF vertical aerial photograph (A309, 2607, flown 1 May 1941 [SC910887)) shows that this barrage balloon mooring site was located immediately S of Glendee Road. The evidence from the photograph would suggest that this mooring site may not have had a fixed position.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), September 2004
Field Visit (29 March 2017)
Nothing is now visible in an area occupied by a housing estate of a World War Two Barrage Balloon anchoring site, which is visible on an RAF photograph (No. 1 CAM, 6089) taken on 13 October 1942. 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.