few decided to remain in England and settled near Yaxley and Stilton. Demolition and survivals In April 1815 '1,000 Yards of capital Board Fencing, now standing round the burial ground appropriated to the late French prisoners, near Norman Cross Inn' were advertised for sale. The wooden buildings were dismantled in June 1816 and the parts sold at auction. Some of the buildings were relocated to nearby towns although much of the timber structures were sold as firewood. The site is considered of national importance and has been classified as a scheduled monument. The commander of the depot was the Agent and his house survives, as the Old Governor's House. The restored stables are now a privately owned art gallery. Norman House, the barrack master's house, also survives. Both the Old Governor's House and Norman House are Grade II listed buildings. Memorial The memorial to the 1,770 prisoners who died at Norman Cross was erected in 1914 by the Entente Cordiale Society beside the Great North Road. The bronze Imperial Eagle was stolen in 1990, but replaced with a new one in 2005 following a fundraising appeal. When a section of the A1 was upgraded to motorway standard in 1998 the memorial required relocating. On 2 April 2005, the Duke of Wellington, a patron of the appeal, unveiled the restored memorial on a new site beside the A15. A replacement bronze eagle, sculpted by John Doubleday, was placed on the re-sited column. Study An archaeological dig was carried out on part of the site and was an episode of the Channel 4 series Time Team in 2009. Part of the wall, an accommodation block, ablution hut and burial ground were uncovered. Further reading Fort in the Fens References External links Friends of Norman Cross The Fens Norman Cross pages 20–21 Time Team Series 17: Death and Dominoes – The First POW Camp (Norman Cross, Cambridgeshire), Wessex Archaeology. Norman Cross, Cambridgeshire Flickr collection Walker, Thomas James, The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire, 1796 to 1816, London, Constable, 1913 E-book version (very poorly proof-read) Time Team - Norman Cross "Once Our Foe - The shooting of Jean DeNarde" - a documentary about the shooting of a prisoner in transit to Norman Cross Prisons in Cambridgeshire Monuments and memorials in Cambridgeshire Prisoner of war camps in England Scheduled monuments in Cambridgeshire Defunct prisons in England Napoleonic Wars Yaxley, Cambridgeshire