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Penicuik, Greenlaw, French Prisoner-of-war Camp

Prisoner Of War Camp (19th Century)

Site Name Penicuik, Greenlaw, French Prisoner-of-war Camp

Classification Prisoner Of War Camp (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Milton Bridge

Canmore ID 251123

Site Number NT26SE 155

NGR NT 250 624

NGR Description NT c. 250 624

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Midlothian
  • Parish Glencorse
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District Midlothian
  • Former County Midlothian

Architecture Notes

NT26SE 155 c. 250 624

For (associated) monument (at NT 23777 59939), see NT25NW 69.

NMRS REFERENCE

Architect: Robert Reid

EXTERNAL REFERENCE

Penicuik. Prisoner of War Camp. Greenlaw. Additions ('sundry buildings, principally of timber'), advertisement for tenders, 1813 (Edinburgh Evening Courant, April 26, 1813)

(Undated) information in NMRS.

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