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Army Camp Summary
The England's Army Camps project ran as an addition to the Defence of Britain Project administered by English Heritage:[1]
The England's Army Camps project represents the most recent and most detailed survey and analysis of an important aspect of England's military history. The project was undertaken in two stages. The first stage, authored by Dr David Evans consists of a documentary study of the evidence for the construction and use of army camps in England, Scotland, Wales and Northen Ireland between 1858 and 2000. The second stage, authored by William Foot, represents the field checking of the English sites identified in the first stage. The project was funded by English Heritage and undertaken for English Heritage's Characterisation Team.
The information summarised below only deals with the camps the project listed for Scotland.
The list is in two parts, with the Highland section covering the area north of Stirling, and the Lowland section covering the area to the south.
Name | Page | Place | Date | Purpose | Structure | Capacity | 1950 Use | Notes | Reference |
Highland | |||||||||
Aberdeen Camp | Aberdeen | 1939 | Militia Camp | Nissen | Cost £10,000 | WORK 46/2 | |||
Aberdeen North Camp | Aberdeen | 1940 | Training | 260 ORs | WO163/349,WORK46/2 | ||||
Aberdeen South | Aberdeen | 1940 | Training | 260 ORs | WO163/633 | ||||
Achnasheen Camp | Achnasheen | 1942 | Transit | 90 ORs | WO199/1089 | ||||
Arbroath Camp | Arbroath | Begun 1939 | Training | Cost £170,000 | WORK 46/2 | ||||
Back o’Hill | Stirling | 1939/40 | Militia | 208 ORs | REME | £155,000 spent on Stirling and Falkirk | WO163/349,WORK 46/2 | ||
Balhousie Camp | Perth | 1938/9 | Militia | Nissen | 7 Officers, 244 ORs | Vacant | WO163/349 | ||
Bendarroch Camp #2 | Squatted | WO163/348 | |||||||
Bogs o’Main #8 | Elgin | Being derequisitioned | WO163/348 | ||||||
Bogs o Main Map jump #12 | Elgin | Nissen | 150 ORs | Married families | Required as HQ until 1955 | WO163/349,WO163/352. WO163/348 | |||
Buddon Camp | Carnoustie | 1930 | Nissen | 16 Officers, 205 ORs | TA Weekend camp | Land purchased 1892 | WO163/349, WO107/276 | ||
Cameron Barracks | Inverness | 1940 | Militia | 15 Officers, 331 ORs | WO163/349, WO163/633, WO199/1032 | ||||
Cardross Camp Map jump | Cardross | Nissen | Vacant | Being derequisitioned | WO163/349, WO163/348 | ||||
Castle Camp | Inveraray | 400 All ranks Vacant | Being derequisitioned | WO163/349, WO163/348 | |||||
Crail Camp Map jump | Crail | 80 All ranks | Joint Service School of Linguistics | On loan from Admiralty | WO166/633 | ||||
Crossford Camp Map jump | Dunfermline | Nissen | 73 All ranks | Vacant | Being derequisitioned | WO163/349, WO16/348 | |||
Cullerne Camp | Findhorn | 1940 | Nissen | 3 Officers,97 ORs | Watermanship camp | WO163/349 | |||
Cultybraggan | Comrie | 1942 | Nissen temporary | 12 Officers,1531 ORs | Mostly vacant | TA summer camp | WO163/349 | ||
CSD Camp | Muir of Ord | Being derequisitioned | WO163/348 | ||||||
Dalmonach Barracks | Bonhill | 1944 | Training Camp for Port Operating Coy RE | WO199/2319 | |||||
Dalmore Camp Map jump | Alness | Nissen temporary | Squatted | Originally RAF | WO163/349 | ||||
Drip Bridge Camp | Stirling | RE Bridging Camp | Nissen | Retain on Lease | WO163/633 | ||||
Dukes Camp | Inveraray | Wooden | Vacant | Being derequisitioned | WO163/349, WO163/348 | ||||
Dumgoyne Map jump | Dumgoyne | Nissen temporary | Squatted | WO163/349 | |||||
Dungoyne | Squatted | WO163/348 | |||||||
Ferrybrae Camp Map jump | Beauly | Nissen temporary | Squatted | WO163/349 | |||||
Fort George | Fort George | 1938/9 | Militia/general camp | Corrugated iron and wood | 20 Officers, 313 ORs | Highland Bde Training Centre | Cost £61,000 | WO163/349, WORK46/2 | |
Forthbank Camp | Stirling | 1939/40 | Militia | Wooden temporary | WO163/349 | ||||
Galtness Castle | Shapinsay | 1943 | 2 wooden | 1 Officers, 16 ORs | Vacant | WO163/349 | |||
Grantown Map jump | Grantown on Spey | Wooden | 66 ORs | Workshop | Terminate lease when reprovided at Inverness | WO163/633, WO163/352 | |||
Hatston Farm Camp | Hatston | 1942 | Nissen wooden | 108 ORs | Vacant | WO163/349, WO199/1032 | |||
Hatstson Main Camp | Hatstson | 1942 | Wooden | 144 Officers, 410 ORs | Only married quarters still in use | Originally RAF | WO163/349 | ||
Howton | Orphir | 1942 | Probably reception camp for Orkney | Concrete | Vacant | WO163/349 | |||
Invergordon Camp | Invergordon | 1941 | Vacant | Being derequisitioned | WO163/349, WO163/348 | ||||
Inverurie Camp | Inverurie | 1941 | Reception camp to supply 51 Div | WO199/1032 | |||||
Kilbride Camp Map jump | Inverary | Brick and wood | 318 All ranks | Vacant | Being derequisitioned | WO163/349, WO163/348, | |||
Lairg Camp | Lairg | 1941 | Reception camp to supply 227 Ind Inf Bde | WO199/1032 | |||||
Lynn Park | Maryculter | 1943 | Nissen temporary and wooden | 4 Officers, 284 ORs | Vacant | WO163/249 | |||
Market Muir Camp | Huntly | Wooden temporary | Squatted | WO163/349 | |||||
Meadowbank | Huntly | Wooden temporary | Squatted | Wrong grid ref MJ525405 given. Confirmed error lies in original survey data, so can't be corrected. | WO163/349 | ||||
Neb Camp | Hoy | 1940 | Corrugated iron | 6 Officers,88 ORS | WO163/349 | ||||
North Head Map jump | Wick | Nissen temporary | Squatted | WO163/349 | |||||
Oxan Point Camp | Graemsay | 1944 | Nissen | 2 Officers, 8 ORs | Vacant | WO163/340 | |||
Pettycur Camp | Kinghorn | 1940/1 | RA | Brick | 160 All ranks | WO163/348, WO163/349 | |||
Pinefield Camp | Elgin | 1940 | Nissen temporary | 12 Officers, 819 ORs | RE Training | WO163/349 | |||
Polmaise Camp | Stirling | 1941 | Reception Camp to supply 52 Div | WO199/1032 | |||||
Primrose Camp Map jump | Rosyth | RA | All Ranks 1560 | Retain after 1956 as Cadet camp | WO163/633 | ||||
Quebec Camp | Inveraray | Wooden | Vacant | Being derequisitioned | WO163/348, WO163/349 | ||||
Queen’s Barracks | Perth | 1939 | Wooden | 120 All Ranks | Retain for useful life then demolish | W163/349 | |||
St David’s Camp | Donibristle | 1939/40 | Nissen temporary | 14 Officers,182 ORs | Vacant | Alienate after 1956 | WO163/349, WO163/633 | ||
Stanger Camp Map jump | Flotta | Corrugated iron sheeted, wooden | 10 Officers, 220 ORs | Vacant | WO163/349 | ||||
Turfhills Camp Map jump | Kinross | Nissen, Wooden | Vacant | Being derequisitioned | WO163/349, WO13/348 | ||||
Watten CampMap jump | Wick | Nissen temporary | 2079 All ranks | Vacant | Being derequisitioned | WO163/349, WO163/348 | |||
Watten Camp | Wick | REME | Nissen temporary | 202 All ranks | Vacant | Being derequisitioned | WO163/349, WO163/348 | ||
Lowland | |||||||||
Aberlady Camp | Aberlady | 1939 | 3 Training Camps | 2 cost £165,000 each | WORK 46/2 | ||||
Aird Camp Map jump | Stranraer | Nissen | 10 Officers, 104 ORs | Vacant | W0163/349 | ||||
Ayr | Ayr | 1938/9 | Militia training centre for searchlights | 1511 All ranks | T473/51 WORK46/2 | ||||
Bairns Camp | Hawick | 1904 & 1941 | Nissen/wooden | 57 Officers, 202 ORs | Summer Camp | WO163/349 | |||
Barassie Camp | Barassie | Militia Camp | Cost £160,000 | WORK 46/2 | |||||
Bellahouston | Glasgow | 1941 | Reception Camp for Glasgow | WO199/1032 | |||||
Bendarroch #1 | Garelochhead | Vacant | WO163/349 | ||||||
Bendarroch #2 | Garelochhead | Squatted | WO163/349 | ||||||
Blackhill | Nissen | 13 Officers, 141 ORs | Squatted | WO163/352 | |||||
Blantyreferme | Nissen | 4 Officers, 179 ORs | WO163/352 | ||||||
Boathouse Bridge Camp | Being de-requistioned | ||||||||
Bonnybraes | Nissen | 12 Officers, 288 ORs) | Vacant | WO163/349 | |||||
Broomhill Camp | Edinburgh | Required until Autumn 1950 | WO163/348 | ||||||
Burrowhead Camp | Dumfries & Galloway | 1938 | AA Practice Camp | Corrugated Iron | 40 Officers, 660 ORs | Annual camp | WO163/348 | ||
Cairnryan Camp Map jump | Cairnryan | Nissen | 46 Officers, 429 ORs | WO163/349 | |||||
Carstairs Camp | Carstairs Junction | 1942 | Staging Camp (for Operation Torch?) | WO199/1089 | |||||
Castlepark Barracks | Dunbar | 1938 | Wooden | 5 Officers, 148 ORs | WO163/348 | ||||
Claddyburn Camp | Cairnryan | 1942 | Nissen/Wooden | 8 Officers, 268 ORs | WO163/349 | ||||
Cloch Point Map jump | Gourock | Wooden | 36 All Ranks | WO163/349 | |||||
Craigiehall | Edinburgh | 1941 | Nissen/Brick | 753 All Ranks | WO163/349 | ||||
Craigiehall | Edinburgh | 90 WRAC | WO163/349 | ||||||
Dalmeny Station Map jump | Dalmeny | Wooden | 6 Officers, 151 ORs | TA | WO163/349 | ||||
Douglas | Douglas | 1945 | Nissen/Wooden | 9 Officers, 282 ORs | Vacant pending demolition | WO163/349 | |||
Dreghorn Camp | Edinburgh | 1927 | Militia | Nissen | Lowland Bde training camp | WORK 46/2, WO107/273, WO163/349 | |||
Dundonald Camp | Barassie | 1939 | Wooden | 36 Officers, 1048 ORs | WO163/349 | ||||
Drummockloch Camp | Being de-requisitioned | WO163/349 | |||||||
Eastfield Camp | Dreghorn | 1943 | Nissen | Demolished | WO163/349 | ||||
Eglinton Park | 1941 | 8 Officers, 220 ORs | WO163/349 | ||||||
Fairmilehead Camp Map jump | Edinburgh | Nissen | 16 Officers, 500 ORs | Demolished | WO163/348, WO163/349 | ||||
Falkirk | 1941 | Polish reception camp | WO199/1032 | ||||||
Flatterton | Nissen | Vacant | WO163/349 | ||||||
Gailes Camp | 1940 | Nissen | 4 Officers, 1020 ORs | Annual training camp | WO163/349 | ||||
Garnfield Camp | Garelochhead | 1941 | Nissen, Tarrant, MoWp | 9 Officers, 474 ORs | WO163/349 | ||||
Garnkirk | Garnkirk | 1943 | Nissen/Wooden | 10 Officers, 93 ORs | Ordnance Store | WO163/352, WO163/349 | |||
Glencorse Camp | Woodhouselee | 1915 | Training | Brick/Wood | 35 Officers, 833 ORs | WO163/349, WO107/272, WORK 46/2 | |||
Gosford Camp | Longniddry | 1939-44 | Nissen | 8 Officers, 580 ORs | REME Workshops | WO163/349 | |||
Hamilton Barracks | 1938 | Militia | Wooden | 8 Officers, 154 ORs | WO163/349 | ||||
Happenden Camp | 1942/5 | PoW? | Nissen | 10 Officers, 2127 ORs | Vacant | WO163/349 | |||
Hangingshaw Hill | Hangingshaw | 1943 | Nissen | 15 Officers, 155 ORs | Loaned to Health Dept | WO163/349 | |||
Hawkhead Map jump | Paisley | Nissen | 159 All Ranks | WO163/349 | |||||
Invernessan Camp | Nissen | 4 Officers, 160 ORs | Business premises | WO163/349 | |||||
Ingliston Camp | Bishopston | 1940 | Militia | Sutcliffe Huts | 4 Officers, 2256 ORs | Vacant | WO163/349, WO99/2399, WORK 46/2 | ||
Innermessan Camp | Cairnryan | 130 All Ranks | WO162/633 | ||||||
Kirklee Camp | Glasgow | 1942/3 | Nissen/Wooden | Cleared | WO163/349 | ||||
Kirknewton Camp | 1941 | Nissen | 4 Officers, 84 ORs | WO163/349 | |||||
Leffnol Camp | Stranraer | Nissen | Vacant | WO163/349, WO163/348 | |||||
Liberton Camp | Edinburgh | 1940 | Nissen/Wooden | 5 Officers, 127 ORs | Possibly required until 1965 | WO163/348, WO116/349 | |||
Linwood Camp | Linwood | 1941 | Nissen/Wooden/Brick | 7 Officers, 162 ORs | Squatted | WO163/349 | |||
Magdalene Field Camp | Berwick on Tweed | 1940 | Brick/Wood | 18 Officers, 744 ORs | Families Camp | WO163/349, WORK 46/2 | |||
Netherlaw Camp | Kirkcudbright | 1944 | Nissen | 9 Officers, 72 ORs | Annual camp | To be moved to Townhead | WO163/349 | ||
Netherlennie Camp Map jump | Edinburgh | Demolished | WO163/349 | ||||||
Polkemmet Camp | Polkemmet | Squatted | WO163/348 | ||||||
Pollock GC Camp | Pollock | 1943 | US Hospital | 750 Beds | Being transferred to Dept of Health | WO163/349, WO107/102, WO107/106 | |||
Redford Camp | Edinburgh | 1914/16, 1939/40 | Nissen/Wooden | 184 All Ranks | Reception camp for Edinburgh in 1941 | WO163/349, WO199/1032, WO107/272 | |||
Rhu Camp | Rhu | 1940, 1948 | Nissen/Brick | 6 Officers, 80 ORs | Beach Bde (RE?) | WO163/349 | |||
Riccarton Camp | 1941 | Wooden | 54 ORs | WO163/349 | |||||
Riccarton Camp | WRAC | 8 0fficers, 102 ORs | WO163/349 | ||||||
Robertson's Yard | Sandbank | 1940 | Nissen | 6 All Ranks | RASC | WO163/349 | |||
Rowmore Camp | Being released | WO163/348 | |||||||
Ryden Mains Camp | Glenmavis | #1047 Port Operating Coy RE | WO199/2319 | ||||||
Shawfield Camp | Glasgow | Nissen/Wooden | Part TA, part squatted | WO163/349 | |||||
Stobs Camp | Hawick | 1903-4, 1915 | Wooden | 36 All Ranks | Summer Camp | WO163/349, WO107/276 | |||
Town head Camp Map jump | Kirkcudbright | Nissen/Wooden | 5 Officers, 90 ORs | RAC HQ & Range Staff | WO163/349 | ||||
West Pilton | Edinburgh | 1941 | Wooden | 6 Officers, 234 ORs | WO163/349 | ||||
Winningtonrig Camp North | Hawick | 1915, 1940-42 | Brick/Wood | 56 Officers, 368 ORs | Summer Camp | WO163/349 | |||
Winningtonrig Camp South | Hawick | 1915, 1940 | Nissen/Wood | 7 Officers, 743 ORs | Summer Camp | WO163/349 | |||
Winston Barracks | Lanark | 1939 | Brick/wood | 6 Officers, 503 ORs | REME Workshops | WO163/349 | |||
Winston Camp Map jump | Lanark | Wooden | 236 All Ranks | TA | WO163/349 | ||||
Woodhouselee Camp | Edinburgh | 1940 | Nissen/Wooden | 19 Officers, 265 ORs | WO163/349 |
References
1 ⇑ England's Army Camps Project
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