ALLIED and German trenches from World War 1 are to be recreated in Pollok Country Park.

The £100,000 project will be based on field manuals issued to troops and also on soldiers' diaries and evidence from excavations on the Western Front.

The location in Pollok Country Park will highlight the role of Pollok House in the Great War, from its use as an auxiliary hospital for convalescing soldiers to the memorial commemorating the 58 people from the estate who served in the conflict.

Hands on activities and living history events will help convey how soldiers managed life in the hostile, stressful environment of the Western Front and the conflict's impact on communities on the Home Front.

The Heritage Lottery Fund awarded the Digging In project a £99,600 grant to a partnership of Northlight Heritage, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow University and Stewart Melville College which will create the visitor attraction.

Work will begin next month and the trenches will open to the public on September 19 during Doors Open Week.

They will serve as a hub for learning about many aspects of the war including its impact on mental health, the role of women during the conflict, advances in medicine, technology, aerial photography and mapping, influences on contemporary art and literature and the origins of the Forestry Commission.

Digging In will also complement the city council's World War 1 commemoration programme which was set up by Lord Provost Sadie Docherty and Glasgow University's Great War project in tribute to the 761 staff and students who died during the war.

Mrs Docherty said: "Glasgow City Council is extremely proud and excited to be part of this project. All of the partners involved are committed to enabling our young people to learn about the First World War in a meaningful and interactive way.

"Digging In is destined to become a huge attraction because we will be recreating, as authentically as possible, the incredibly difficult conditions our military had to endure.

"I’m confident it will have a huge impact on everyone who visits and will help highlight the futility of war. Above all, I want as many people as possible to reflect, 100 years later, on the courage and suffering of everyone affected by the conflict.

"Countless stories of personal sacrifice and trauma punctuate the period. It’s important we do not forget the profound effect the Great War had on the world."

Dr Tony Pollard, director of the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at Glasgow University, said: 'As a conflict archaeologist who has excavated trenches and graves on the Western Front, I know it is impossible to step back in time and fully appreciate what it was like to have been there during the Great War.

"But I am really looking forward to Digging In and applying what I have learned in helping to create a unique learning environment, within which it will be possible for children and adults alike to get a visceral insight into the semi-subterranean world in which soldiers lived and in so many cases died."

Colin McLean, head of HLF Scotland, said: 'The impact of the First World War was far reaching, touching every corner of the UK.

"Since April 2010, the Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded more than £70 million to more than 1100 projects – large and small – that are marking this global centenary.

"With our grants programmes, we are enabling even more communities, like those involved in Digging In, to explore the continuing legacy of this conflict and help local young people in particular to broaden their understanding of how it has shaped our modern world."