Lodge Moor POW camp held around 11,000 prisoners from Germany, Italy and Ukraine at its peak in 1944, but had been left to nature and disappeared underneath shrubbery and soil for decades.

Lodge Moor, near Sheffield in northern England, was the largest POW camp in Britain during World War II. It held roughly 11,000 prisoners from Germany, Italy, and Ukraine at the camp’s peak in 1944.

The dig at Lodge Moor camp just outside Sheffield has unearthed evidence of "little gardens" outside the prisoners' huts, which would have housed 64 men. Evidence of a heated shower block along ...

Hayley Whitehouse taking readings during WAH Paranormal's investigation at the former POW camp at Redmires Road, Lodge Moor. Picture: WAH Paranormal The group used radio signals and sound ...

Lodge Moor PoW camp has been forgotten for decades. It was swept away by a demolition team that never quite finished the job. But recent research by Sheffield University Archaeology students ...

Lodge Moor camp just outside Sheffield held more than 11,000 prisoners during World War Two. It was abandoned after the war and woodland slowly covered the site, leaving just the foundations of ...

Lodge Moor POW camp held around 11,000 prisoners from Germany, Italy and Ukraine at its peak in 1944, but had been left to nature and disappeared underneath shrubbery and soil for decades.

Lodge Moor POW Camp community archeological dig. 26 August 2022. Picture Bruce Rollinson One of the bases turned out to be a bathhouse, with its plugholes and drainage system intact. The dig ...

Lodge Moor POW camp held around 11,000 prisoners from Germany, Italy and Ukraine at its peak in 1944, but had been left to nature and disappeared underneath shrubbery and soil for decades.