Volunteers said the dig had offered an insight into everyday life in the camp.
An archaeological dig at the site of Britain's biggest prisoner of war camp has revealed clues about what life was like for those forced to call it home.
The Lodge Moor camp, which held more than 11,000 prisoners during World War Two, was abandoned after the war and woodland slowly covered the site, leaving just the foundations of some of the buildings visible. "We've found little gardens that the prisoners had made at either end of the hut bases and we've also found a German 'dog tag' with the soldier's unit on it, but it hasn't got a name.""We know that some of the prisoners were painting water colours of the camp during their time here so it's fantastic that we've found the evidence that they were doing it," he said.
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