Lodge Moor
Lodge Moor, Sheffield is an interesting historical site. It is essential to appreciate the role of history and archeological facts that led to the nations, kingdoms, and leaderships that exist today. Global historical events such as the First World War influenced various individuals leading to great transformations in the world. Therefore, discovering historical analogies and archaeological evidence is one of the motivating aspects that led to the study research. In addition, inspirations from activities of war prisoners and the urge to discover and understand history about fanatical prisoners in the world led to selection of this topic. (comment 1)
The site Lodge Moor is located in England. It is situated in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. It is found in the suburban area whose grid reference is SK 2916 86 17 while its X and Y coordinates are 429162; 386176 respectively. It lies on latitude 53.37170029 and longitude -1.56317973. (comment 2)
The project involves events that took place in York and Lancaster Regiment war memorial and Lodge Moor at Sheffield. The study considers the site because it is among historical sites of prisoners in the world and a reminder of world’s events such as the impacts of the First World War. Another objective behind taking the project is that the region has essential architectural information such as the bronze figures associated with soldiers who took part in the war. In addition, the project will provide a chance to understand the value of Lodge Moor especially to the groups, societies, communities, and world at large. (comment 3)
Lodge Moor is having essential history that ranges from being the second biggest second world war prison camp in the United Kingdom (The Guardian 2019). According to the The Guardian (2019), newspaper Lodge Moor held war captives from Germany, Ukraine, and Italy. It is believed that Lodge Moor contains a variety of hidden information associated with war captives (Sheffield Libraries Archives and Information 2019). Therefore, the project is both beneficial and helpful for historical and archeological studies. (comment 4)