Inverkeithing, Spencerfield
Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Site Name Inverkeithing, Spencerfield
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Forth Aa Defences
Canmore ID 272970
Site Number NT18SW 213.20
NGR NT 1393 8277
NGR Description c. NT 1393 8277
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/272970
- Council Fife
- Parish Inverkeithing
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18SW 213.20 c.1393 8277
A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from a RAF WW II vertical air photograph (FNO/106, 6.024, flown 20 August 1942), in an area immediately S of a track leading to Spencerfield farmsteading and N of Preston Hill.
The circle of mooring blocks is visible on the photograph with one hut to the W.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), June 2005