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Glasgow, Springburn, Foresthall Institution
Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Site Name Glasgow, Springburn, Foresthall Institution
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Clyde Aa Defences; Petershill Road
Canmore ID 209163
Site Number NS66NW 383
NGR NS 6113 6722
NGR Description NS c.6113 6722
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/209163
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66NW 383 c.6113 6722
A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from a wartime RAF oblique air photograph (No.1 CAM oblique, AF613, flown 7 May 1942) situated in the grounds of the Foresthall Institution. It is not known whether the site has been removed during the post-war period.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 2002
Field Visit (18 April 2017)
Nothing is now visible in an area occupied by houses of a World War Two Barrage Balloon anchoring site, which is shown on an RAF photograph (No. 1 CAM oblique, AF613) taken on 7 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) 18 April 2017.
