Stobs Camp
Hospital (First World War)
Site Name Stobs Camp
Classification Hospital (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Prisoner Of War Hospital
Canmore ID 332671
Site Number NT40NE 56.08
NGR NT 49672 09237
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/332671
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Cavers
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
A 1917 map of the First World War prisoner of war camp at Stobs (the chief camp of the PoW system in Scotland) shows a large hospital at the SW end of the camp, within the main barbed wire enclosure, but separated from the main camp by another fence. It comprised six wards in huts, linked by a road along their northern end, kitchen, stores, administration block, ablutions and mortuary. Modern aerial photography shows the surviving road system and the bases or outlines of most of the buildings, although later huts and a second road have been added.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 7 October 2013.
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
