2018

SJ9719 : Brocton Camp (J-Lines) Barrack Hut Bases

taken 6 years ago, near to Brocton, Staffordshire, England

Brocton Camp (J-Lines) Barrack Hut Bases
Brocton Camp (J-Lines) Barrack Hut Bases
Bases for a double line of standard 60'x 20'(18.3 x 6.1m) barrack huts are built into the slope of Tar Hill in 1914/5. The huts were sold off after the Great War and area planted with trees.

For typical hut see SK0015 : Great War Hut.
The Chase Through Time :: SK0016

The Chase Through Time is a Heritage Lottery funded project with Staffordshire Council, Historic England and local volunteers to unravel over 2000 years of man’s activity across Cannock Chase.

Cannock Chase has a rich history with its Iron Age Camp at Castle Ring, Medieval Hunting Forest, Deer Park and grazed heathland, two Great War Training Camps and post war forestry. Hidden beneath the trees and scrub there is a lot to be found.

As part of the project a LIDAR survey was undertaken of the twenty eight square mile area. Some features have been verified on the ground by the volunteers assisting the Historic England researchers. However, with such a large area only some areas have been visited.

Using the images submitted on Geograph in conjunction with the LIDAR and Historic England mapping on Arcgis should allow a photographic record of the features to be developed by the volunteers.

The combined LIDAR map can be found at LinkExternal link


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Uplands Heath, Scrub Defence, Military other tags: Cannock Chase WW1 Brocton Camp Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Hut Lines [9] · Trees [3] · Tar Hill [2] ·
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SJ9719, 45 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John M   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 10 February, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 12 February, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 971 192 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:46.2231N 2:2.6476W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 971 192
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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