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Harperley Working Camp is a World War II prisoner of war facility located near Craigside in Durham, England. The camp was constructed during the Second World War to house prisoners of war, primarily German and Italian internees who were employed in essential labour within the region. The surviving structures comprise a series of barrack buildings and associated camp infrastructure arranged within a defined perimeter, representing the physical layout of a working camp rather than a major detention facility. As a substantially preserved example of wartime prisoner accommodation, Harperley demonstrates the widespread network of labour camps that supported the British war effort and provides material evidence of the everyday conditions experienced by internees during 1939-1945.
Harperley Working Camp, World War II prisoner of war camp at Craigside is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020730. View the official record →
Harperley Working Camp is a World War II prisoner of war facility located near Craigside in Durham, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020730.
Harperley Working Camp, World War II prisoner of war camp at Craigside is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020730.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bradley Hall fortified house and underground passages, moated site, pillow mound and fishponds (2 km), 'The Castles' (camp) (3.3 km), Coke ovens at Inkerman Farm (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Harperley Working Camp, World War II prisoner of war camp at Craigside's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Harperley Working Camp, World War II prisoner of war camp at Craigside stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.