Information for record number MWA12100:
Barrage Balloon site at Ryton on Dunsmore

Summary Two groups of concrete blocks and a rectangular hollow can be seen on aerial photographs. The blocks were used to tether a barrage balloon and the hollow was formed by its associated winch vehicle.
What Is It?  
Type: Barrage Balloon Site
Period: Modern (1914 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Ryton on Dunsmore
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 38 73
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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1 Two groups of concrete blocks and a rectangular hollow can be seen on aerial photographs. The blocks were used to tether a barrage balloon. The hollow was formed by its associated winch vehicle. The tether consists of a central concrete block is surrounded by an approximately 9m diameter circle of 8 regularly spaced blocks of similar dimentions. On the western side of this circle there are five further blocks arranged in a concentric semicircle but with unequal spacings. A semicircular mound can seen to the south of the balloon tether. Its function is uncertain as is it relationship with the balloon tether.
2 Mapped; see Appendix 10.1 Fig. 26.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: CPE UK 2141 Frame 5231
Author/originator: RAF
Date: 10 Jun 1947
Page Number: Frame 5231
Volume/Sheet: CPE UK 2141
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Archaeological Resource Assessment of the Aggregates Producing Areas of Warwickshire
Author/originator: Magnus Alexander with S Palmer and L Chadd
Date: 2007
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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technique Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. back
period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument HOLLOW * A hollow, concave formation or place, which has sometimes been dug out. back
monument BARRAGE BALLOON SITE * A site where a single large balloon was attached by fine wire cables to the ground to form an aerial obstruction to attacking enemy aircraft. back
monument BARRAGE * A manmade barrier built across a river in order to increase the depth of water. back
monument WINCH * A stationary hoisting machine consisting of a rotating drum around which a cable, rope or chain is attached. back
monument MOUND * A natural or artificial elevation of earth or stones, such as the earth heaped upon a grave. Use more specific type where known. back

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