Fortifications
- What can we learn about coastal defences? How did they evolve during the modern period?
- How did the plan of military bases and camps evolve over the modern period?
- How did South-East Scotland defend against aerial bombardment?
- What structures were built in South-East Scotland to prepare for the threat of nuclear war?
Weapons and Military Equipment
- How did the role of horses in warfare change over the modern period?
- How did the kit of individual soldiers change during the modern period?
- What can we learn about the use of artillery in South-East Scotland during the modern period?
- What can we learn about the adoption of tanks and other forms of mechanisation by military units in South-East Scotland?
- What impact did major conflicts (e.g. Napoleonic Wars, First World War, Second World War) have on South-East Scotland?
- What can we learn about military activity in South-East Scotland during peacetime? How did the presence of military units in the region affect wider society?
- What can we learn about military training for people who were not full-time serving members of the armed forces (e.g. the activities of militias, territorial units, and cadet forces)?
- How did air-raids affect communities in South-East Scotland? How quickly were bombsites cleared and redeveloped?
- What can we discover about aircraft crash sites in South-East Scotland?
- What can we learn about naval activity in / around the region?
- What can we learn about supply networks in South-East Scotland?
- How did military activity affect transport routes in South-East Scotland?
- What can we learn about signals and information movement?
- To what extent were conflicts before the First World War memorialised in South-East Scotland (e.g. via stained glass windows, statues, carved stones)?