Monument record 15969 - Former WWII barrage balloon site, north-east of Norton Priory

<1> Radford, S, 2011, Norton Priory, Cheshire, Air Photograph Assessment., NHLE UID 1462967 (Report). SCH7019.

A Second World War barrage balloon site is visible as a structure on vertical air photographs (RAF/106GUK/1186 3051 21-FEB-1946), situated to the northeast of Norton Priory. The feature appears to have been removed in the period following the war and is visible as a cropmark on 1951 vertical photography (RAF/58/709 3221 03-Jun-1951). In 1975, the construction of the Daresbury expressway destroyed the position of the barrage balloon site. Nevertheless, there is a small possibility that remnants of the barrage balloon site survive in the trees to the north of Norton Priory’s car park and south of the expressway.

<2> Archaeological Research Services Ltd, 2007-9, North West Rapid Coastal Zone National Mapping Programme Assessment Survey, NHLE UID 1462967 (Digital Archive). SCH8040.