Prospect Camp, Bermuda

Prospect Camp
Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
Presentation of colours at Prospect Camp recreation ground (now the Bermuda National Stadium)
Prospect Camp is located in Bermuda
Prospect Camp
Prospect Camp
Location in Bermuda
Coordinates32°17′58″N 64°45′55″W / 32.2994949°N 64.7653454°W / 32.2994949; -64.7653454
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Builtcirca 1850
In use1850s–1957
Garrison information
GarrisonBermuda Garrison

Prospect Camp, also referred to as Prospect Garrison, was the main infantry camp of the Bermuda Garrison, the military force stationed in the Imperial fortress of Bermuda. It also contained Fort Prospect, Fort Langton, and Fort Hamilton, as well as being the base for mobile artillery batteries, manned by the Royal Artillery (from 1899 to 1924, the Royal Garrison Artillery). Outlying parts of the camp were disposed of in the early decades of the Twentieth Century as the garrison in Bermuda was reduced. The core area, including the barracks, passed to the local government when the garrison was withdrawn in 1957.[1]

  1. ^ Young, Douglas MacMurray (1961). The Colonial Office in The Early Nineteenth Century. London: Published for the Royal Commonwealth Society by Longmans. p. 55.