Stobs Camp Project

Stobs Camp was a military training camp prior to the First World War but then became an internment camp for German civilians and military and naval prisoners. Located near Hawick in the Scottish Borders, it remains internationally important because much of it remains upstanding or visible. The local community and other stakeholders were keen to see the site properly recorded over the First World War centenary. The Stobs Camp Project manifested as a community project being led by Archaeology Scotland (AS) co-operating with Historic Environment Scotland (HES), Scottish Borders Council Archaeology Service, Live Borders Museums and Archives, Hawick Archaeological Society, Hawick Callants Club, Project Hawick, Borders Family History Society, the University of Aston, Edinburgh Napier University, landowners and other organisations, individual volunteers and local schools. Our project was funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund, HES, Scottish Borders LEADER, Scottish Community Landfill and Fallago Environment Fund. Over one hundred volunteers participated over the four years of the project, clocking up in excess of five thousand hours, with some still working on certain elements. Our project website includes a timeline of activity at the camp from 1903 onwards, alongside reports on our project activities and links to talks, films and a heritage trail app.