Standing Building Recording
Date August 2017 - July 2018
Event ID 1088798
Category Recording
Type Standing Building Recording
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1088798
NT 50002 09373 (centred on) Due to its extraordinary level of preservation Stobs Camp, four miles S of Hawick, is an internationally important WW1 site. It was an arena for Scotland’s preparation for war and the subsequent handling of WW1 civilian internees and military prisoners. Although Stobs’ military connections continued up until the early 1960s, the focus of the Stobs Camp Project is the period prior to, and during, WW1. It aims to better understand Stobs and the role it played, to value, share and commemorate Stobs and the people connected to it and to protect the camp for future generations. As part of work to ensure the physical remains are recorded the project conducted a series of building assessments using a framework provided by the Home Front Legacy project, a UK-wide venture that ran throughout the First World War centenary to encourage communities to record home front sites. Below is a summary of these assessments undertaken August–October 2017 and March, May and July 2018. All are located at Stobs Camp unless specified.
NT 50332 09432 Drying Hut 1 – Rectangular single-storey structure for drying horse tack and soldiers’ uniforms. N-facing wall 7.25m, E-facing wall 5.13m, S-facing wall 7.25m and W-facing wall 6.42m. Single unit in plan. Constructed from brick with a concrete rough casting outer skin. Features include one heavy wood frame door. Access is via four concrete steps. There are two windows, one E-facing and one W-facing. Roof is intact but breached. A brief internal inspection revealed metal frames used for hanging items. Building believed to pre-date WW1.
Archive: Scottish Borders Council and NRHE (intended)
Funder: Heritage Lottery Fund (Scotland), Historic Environment Scotland, Borders LEADER, Fallago Environment Fund and BCCF Environmental Andrew Jepson and Dianne Swift – Archaeology Scotland (Source: DES, Volume 19)
