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Happendon Camp
Prisoner Of War Camp (20th Century)
Site Name Happendon Camp
Classification Prisoner Of War Camp (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Douglas Water
Canmore ID 105471
Site Number NS83SE 24
NGR NS 8527 3335
NGR Description Centred NS 8527 3335
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/105471
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Douglas
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS83SE 24 852 333
A complex of three Prisoner-of-War camps is visible at this location on Royal Air Force aerial photographs taken in 1946 (106G/Scot/UK 87: 3132, 3133).
Information from RCAHMS (KM) 15 March 2001.
Standing Building Recording (February 2008)
NS 85261 33342 (centred on) A Level 1 standing building appraisal was undertaken during February 2008 in order to assess the structural remains in respect to the proposed development at Poneil of an OCC mine and associated features such as topsoil storage and water treatment.
The POW camp dates to WW2 and consists of a complex of three camps; the main camp is to the W and is set in a large rectangular area. The later insertion of the M74 destroyed the other two camps and possibly compromised the easternmost corner of the central camp. The central camp currently comprises a series of brick and concrete bases which formed the base for the Nissen huts that were used to house Italian and German prisoners of war.
Archive: RCAHMS
Funder: Scottish Coal
Claire Shaw (Jacobs UK), 2008
