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Glasgow, Toryglen
Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Site Name Glasgow, Toryglen
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Clyde Aa Defences
Canmore ID 208540
Site Number NS56SE 1535
NGR NS 5994 6168
NGR Description NS c.5994 6168
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/208540
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Rutherglen (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56SE 1535 c.5994 6168
A barrage balloon mooring site identified from a wartime RAF oblique air photograph (No.1 CAM oblique, x902, flown 21 October 1941) was situated in what is now the playground of Toryglen School. The balloon mooring site was located adjacent to the Heavy anti-aircraft battery to the E (NS66SW 114) the site being removed on the construction of the school.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 2002
Field Visit (19 April 2017)
Nothing is now visible in an area occupied by houses and the SW corner of a school playing field of a World War Two Barrage Balloon anchoring site, which is shown on an RAF photograph (No. 1 CAM oblique, x902) taken on 21 October 1941. 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.
