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Tag: Cannock·Chase
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Showing latest 50 of 278 images tagged with Cannock Chase tag.
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Rugeley Camp - Bath Hut
by John M geograph for square SK0017 Remnant of the Great War Training Camp on Cannock Chase.
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Re-visit to the trenches
by John M geograph for square SK0018 Great War practice trenches above Seven Springs. These were surveyed earlier... (more)
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Back to the trenches
by John M geograph for square SK0018 Great War practice trenches above Seven Springs. These were surveyed earlier... (more)
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Rugeley Camp - Hut Base
by John M geograph for square SK0016 The outline suggests a 60'x12' Armstrong Hut with a solid foundation... (more)
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Surveying in the Sher Brook Valley
by John M geograph for square SJ9917 Traditional tape survey of one third size Great War training trenches.
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
WWIX
WWI Training TrenchX
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Tackeroo Railway - near the Glacial Boulder
by John M geograph for square SJ9818 Category: Railway (former) An industrial railway linked the training camps established on Cannock Chase at... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
Great WarX
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former:RailwayX
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Tackeroo Railway
by John M geograph for square SJ9816 Even though it has been a century since the railway has been lifted after the... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:RailwaysX
WWIX
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Tackeroo Railway - Ordnance store
by John M geograph for square SK0016 A loop line brought ammunition for use on the nearby rifle ranges. The... (more)
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Tackeroo Railway - Ordnance Loop towards Penkridge Bank
by John M geograph for square SK0016 The Tackeroo caravan site is in one of the first war training camps and takes... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
former:RailwayX
The Great WarX
top:Woodland, ForestX
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Tackeroo Railway - Ordnance Store
by John M geograph for square SK0016 A loop line brought ammunition for use on the nearby rifle ranges. The... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
Ordnance DepotX
former:RailwayX
The Great WarX
top:Woodland, ForestX
WWIX
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Brocton Camp - Possible hut bases
by John M geograph for square SJ9718 Typical camp area with bilberry, heather and brambles. Even at this time of year... (more)
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Brocton CampX
Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:UplandsX
WWIX
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Rugeley (Penkridge Bank) Camp - '1 Lines' - Bath House (looking S)
by John M geograph for square SJ9917 The Bath House (Shower Block) in '1 Lines' is a remnant from the Great... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
Shower BlockX
top:Woodland, ForestX
WW1 Rugeley CampX
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WW1 practice shell hole in Sher Brook Valley
by John M geograph for square SJ9917 A few metres in front of a line of one third size trenches are a number of steep... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
WWIX
WWI Training TrenchX
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Rugeley (Penkridge Bank) Camp - Centenary Pear Tree
by John M geograph for square SK0017 Cannock Chase was used during the Great War as a location for two 20000 man... (more)
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Brocton Camp (Coppice Hill) - Trench 3 (looking NE)
by John M for square SJ9818 WW1 Practice Trench system approx 750mm deep with communication trench to rear.... (more)
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Cannock Chase
type:Close LookX
top:Defence, MilitaryX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WW1 Brocton CampX
WW1 Practice TrenchX
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Brocton Camp (I-Lines) Ablution WCs and Urinals (looking NE)
by John M geograph for square SJ9718 WW1 Ablution Hut foundations. Ablution huts 12'(3.4m) wide are provided... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WW1 Brocton CampX
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Brocton Camp (I-Lines) Ancillary Building - (looking SE)
by John M geograph for square SJ9818 WW1 raised hut base for standard 'Armstrong' wooden hut... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WW1 Brocton CampX
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Brocton Camp (Coppice Hill) - Trench 2A (looking NW)
by John M geograph for square SJ9818 The WW1 practice trench (Trench 2B) describes a 60m long circular arc following... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WW1 Brocton CampX
WW1 Practice TrenchX
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Brocton Camp (Coppice Hill) - Trench 2B (looking NW)
by John M geograph for square SJ9818 The WW1 practice trench describes a circular arc 60m long following the contours... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WW1 Brocton CampX
WW1 Practice TrenchX
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Brocton Camp (Coppice Hill) - Trench 2B (looking SE)
by John M geograph for square SJ9818 The WW1 practice trench describes a circular arc 60m long following the contours... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WW1 Brocton CampX
WW1 Practice TrenchX
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Brocton Camp (Coppice Hill) - Trench 1 SE leg (looking NW)
by John M geograph for square SJ9819 This WW1 practice trench on the edge of Brocton Camp takes the form of a SE leg... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WW1 Brocton CampX
WW1 Practice TrenchX
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Brocton Camp (Coppice Hill) - Trench 1 NE leg (looking SW)
by John M geograph for square SJ9819 This WW1 practice trench on the edge of Brocton Camp takes the form of a SE leg... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WW1 Brocton CampX
WW1 Practice TrenchX
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Brocton Camp - Hut base in Hut Lines 'K'
by John M geograph for square SJ9718 Remnant of the large Great War training camp on Cannock Chase.
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Great War Rifle Range C
by John M geograph for square SJ9918 One of the smaller ranges on Cannock Chase for the WW1 Rugeley and Brocton... (more)
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Great War Rifle Range
by John M geograph for square SJ9918 One of the smaller ranges on Cannock Chase for the WW1 Rugeley and Brocton... (more)
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Great War - Brocton Camp - Hut foundations Hut Line 'I'
by John M geograph for square SJ9818 Category: Historical site The New Zealand Rifles had a training camp on Cannock Chase between 1917 and... (more)
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Infilled Great War practice trenches
by John M geograph for square SJ9817 The hot dry summer allows the line of the trench to be picked out. The bilberry... (more)
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Great War - Hut Line 'R'
by John M geograph for square SJ9717 Site of a section of the wooden hutted Great War army camp on Cannock Chase.
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Great War Rifle Range
by John M geograph for square SJ9918 One of the smaller ranges on Cannock Chase for the WW1 Rugeley and Brocton... (more)
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Rugeley (Penkridge Bank) Camp - '1 Lines' - Bath House (looking N)
by John M geograph for square SJ9917 The Bath House (Shower Block) in '1 Lines' is a remnant from the Great... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
Shower BlockX
top:Woodland, ForestX
WW1 Rugeley CampX
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Brocton Camp (J-Lines) Barrack Hut Bases
by John M geograph for square SJ9719 Bases for a double line of standard 60'x 20'(18.3 x 6.1m) barrack huts... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WW1 Brocton CampX
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Brocton Camp - Unidentified mound
by John M geograph for square SJ9719 There are a series of mounds down the slope to the north-east of Lines E and F.... (more)
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Track towards Seven Springs
by John M geograph for square SK0017 Some of the tracks date from the four years during the Great War when two large... (more)
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Valley on the chase
by John M geograph for square SK0017 Looking towards the rifle range. During the Great War this would have been a... (more)
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Great War Rifle Range H
by John M geograph for square SK0017 One of two ranges constructed in the valley by early 1915 based on the 1908 30... (more)
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Great War Rifle Range G
by John M geograph for square SK0017 One of two ranges constructed in the valley by early 1915 based on the 1908 30... (more)
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'Ascend the hill following ... the Staffordshire Way'
by Christine Johnstone geograph for square SJ9818 The western side of Sherbrook valley, Cannock Chase. The quote comes from... (more)
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Cannock Chase
area:Cannock Chase AONBX
type:GeographX
Open Access LandX
subject:PathX
top:PathsX
Staffordshire WayX
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'Descend the path', Cannock Chase
by Christine Johnstone geograph for square SK0015 The distant white gable end belongs to Fairoak Lodge. The quote comes from... (more)
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Cannock Chase
area:Cannock Chase AONBX
type:GeographX
Open Access LandX
top:PathsX
Public BridlewayX
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Brocton Camp - Hut bases in Hut Line 'L'
by John M geograph for square SJ9718 A series of accommodation hut bases are cut into the slope above the Oldacre... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
WWIX
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Brocton Camp - Hut base in Hut Lines 'L'
by John M geograph for square SJ9718 Approaching the Oldacre Valley the surviving hut bases have been damaged by... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
WWIX
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Brocton Camp - Practice Trenches
by John M geograph for square SJ9819 Short section of 'Greek Key' trench outside the perimeter road to the POW camp.
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WWIX
WWI Training TrenchX
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Brocton Camp - Hut Bases in Hut Lines 'B'
by John M geograph for square SJ9819 From 1917 to 1919 Hut Lines 'A', 'B' and 'C' were... (more)
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Brocton CampX
Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WWIX
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Brocton Camp - Hut bases in Hut Lines 'C'
by John M geograph for square SJ9819 From 1917 to 1919 Hut Lines 'A', 'B' and 'C' were... (more)
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Brocton CampX
Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WWIX
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Infilled Great War practice trenches
by John M geograph for square SJ9817 Some of the deeper trench lines were infilled when the training areas were... (more)
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
WWIX
WWI Training TrenchX
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WW1 Foxhole or Weapons training pit
by John M for square SK0018 A series of twenty or so of these pits varying in depth from 4'to well over... (more)
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Cannock Chase
type:Close LookX
top:Defence, MilitaryX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
WWIX
WWI Training TrenchX
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Trench through the trees
by John M geograph for square SK0018 Rudimentary training trench below the crest of the slope.
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Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
WWIX
WWI Training TrenchX
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View across the Oldacre Valley towards the Glacial Boulder
by John M geograph for square SJ9718 One hundred years ago this scene would have been devoid of trees with hundreds... (more)
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Brocton CampX
Cannock Chase
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WWIX
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Brocton Camp - Hut bases in the Royal Engineers Compound
by John M geograph for square SJ9718 Tags:
Brocton CampX
Cannock Chase
top:Defence, MilitaryX
type:GeographX
top:Heath, ScrubX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:UplandsX
WWIX
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Commonwealth War Cemetery, Cannock Chase
by Tricia Neal geograph for square SJ9815 During the First World War there was a large military camp at Cannock Chase... (more)
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Brocton Camp - Site of sewage settling tanks
by John M geograph for square SJ9618 At the bottom of the Oldacre Valley.
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