ARCHAEOLOGISTS fighting to save trenches where young Scots trained for the horrors of the Great War began work on the historic site yesterday.
The almost century-old trench network near Dreghorn barracks in Edinburgh will be examined by archaeologists in order to uncover the full extent of the site.
The training trenches were often the only experience Scots soldiers would have of trench warfare before being sent to the Western Front.
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