PoW Camp 16 Gosford

The site of the former camp is now within a farm that forms part of the Gosford House Estate on the Firth of Forth and has a few remaining buildings

Location

Gosford House, Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland, EH32 0PY

Description

Site Visits

August 2019

Material

DSLR and Drone Photos
UK Foreign Office Inspection Report

The site as visited is at a farm close to Gosford House a Large Stately Home. A large part of the site has recently been cleared and a new barn built and comparing the Google Earth Views to the drone images it appears several buildings and bases have been removed.

There are five brick buildings at the site two have an appearance close to Latrines / Wash House Guard Room. The other buildings are large and were possibly the site theatre or cook house. The whole site is on the Firth of Forth the site of which is only blocked by trees.


Camera and Drone Images of the site of former PoW Camp 16 Gosford


Extracts from UK Foreign Office Inspection Report from UK National Archives Kew:

FO 939-100 PoW Camp 16 Gosford & Deer Park – Inspection Reports
FO 1120/183 PoW Camp List 20Feb47 – inc Amendment of camp name and location from Gosford to Deer Park for Camp 16