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French Prisoners' Monument
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Monument at Valleyfield, Penicuik In 1803, Valleyfield in Penicuik was the site of a prison camp for French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars. The site is now a housing development, with street given Napoleonic names, with this photo taken in Bellerophon Road - HMS Bellerophon was the ship on which Napoleon surrendered in 1815. The monument commemorates the French connection.
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