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Stranraer, Ladies Walk, Accommodation Camp
Military Camp (20th Century)
Site Name Stranraer, Ladies Walk, Accommodation Camp
Classification Military Camp (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Stranraer Academy
Canmore ID 279894
Site Number NX06SE 105.02
NGR NX 0725 6072
NGR Description Centred NX 0725 6072
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/279894
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX06SE 105.02 centred 0725 6072
A large World War II military accommodation camp was situated in an area between Ladies Walk and Mcmaster Road and N of the London Road, a site now occupied by Stranraer Academy and a new housing estate at Eastwood Avenue. Nothing remains of the large numbers of huts formerly sited in this area.
The camp is visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 41, 3305-3306, flown 4 May 1946), which show that there were at least 131 huts mainly of the Nissen type spread over an area of about 23.20 hectares.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2006
