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Balhary, Camp 3
Prisoner Of War Camp (20th Century)
Site Name Balhary, Camp 3
Classification Prisoner Of War Camp (20th Century)
Canmore ID 161685
Site Number NO24NE 83
NGR NO 2665 4645
NGR Description Centred NO 2665 4645
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/161685
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Alyth
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO24NE 83 centred 2665 4645
A prisoner-of-war camp situated on the W side of the road between Alyth and Meigle. The site has now been cleared and nothing remains of this camp. The camp is depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map, 1988.
J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/9
This prisoner-of-war camp is visible on vertical air photographs taken in 1949 (541A/477, 3173-3175, flown 19 June 1949) in area to the SE of Balhary House (NO24NE 64.00).
The air photographs show the camp occupied an area of about 8.6 hectares with the main hutted section in the NE corner.
At least 35 huts can be identified on the photographs within what may be a fenced compound and a further 23 smaller huts, possibly for camp staff and guards on the S side of the main camp.
The buildings shown on the OS 1:10000 map (1977) do not folllow the same alignment as those on the 1949 air photogrpahs suggesting these are of a later date, the current OS digital 1:2500 scale map shows the field with no buildings.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), October 2005
