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North Queensferry, Port Laing
Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Site Name North Queensferry, Port Laing
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Forth Aa Defences; Hewnden
Canmore ID 204826
Site Number NT18SW 213.09
NGR NT 1338 8150
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/204826
- Council Fife
- Parish Inverkeithing
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18SW 213.09 1338 8150
A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from postwar RAF vertical air photographs (106G/ UK 1326, 5002-5003, flown 28 March 1946), in a field to the N of Port Laing.
At least two rings of mooring blocks can be seen on the photographs.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2005
