Rosyth, Hm Dockyard, Main Basin
Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Site Name Rosyth, Hm Dockyard, Main Basin
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Rosyth Aa Defences
Canmore ID 204774
Site Number NT08SE 41.11
NGR NT 0951 8238
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/204774
- Council Fife
- Parish Dunfermline
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT08SE 41.11 0893 8322
A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from a post-war RAF vertical air photograph (106G/Scot/UK 10, 7037, flown 15 April 1946) immediately N of the Main Basin near the S end of Cochrane Road. The site was subsequently redeveloped during the construction of the submarine hoists.
Inforamtion from RCAHMS (DE), January 2002