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PRN | 114 | ||||
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Site or location name | Aboyne Drill Hall | ||||
Summary | |||||
Description | 'Canmore listing shows 'Aboyne, Croft Road, drill hall is a simple single-storey double-pitched hut on the north edge of the village. It survives with modern harling and roofing and is still in use as a cadet hall. In 1914 it was the drill station for G Squadron, 2nd Scottish Horse and the base for F Company, 7th Battalion Gordon Highlanders. The hall does not appear on the 1900 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 18 June 2013.' Still in military use by ACF. | ||||
Monument Type | DRILL HALL;DRILL HALL | ||||
Desgination | None | ||||
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Location |
Country | SCOTLAND | ||||
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County | Aboyne and Glentanar | ||||
Site Location | At entrance to golf club off Golf Road/Queens Hill Road. | ||||
Postcode | |||||
Map Reference | NGR: NO53229905 (353220, 799050) | ||||
Condition/Threat | |||||
Condition (Date) | Good (06-06-2015) | ||||
Source | |||||
Osborne, Mike (2006) Always Ready: The Drill Halls of Britain's Volunteer Forces. Partizan Press. Leigh-on-Sea. | |||||
Historic Environment Scotland (2013) Aboyne, Golf Road, Drill Hall. Canmore. http://canmore.org.uk/site/331389 | |||||
Administration | |||||
Recorded By (Date) | John M - Geograph (15-06-2014) | ||||
Copiled On | 06-06-2015 | ||||
Last Updated | 06-06-2015 |
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Image metadata | CSV | 590 Kb |
Aboyne Drill Hall (Golf Road/Queens Hill Road, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire). Front elevation (File name: 114_184.jpg) |
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