2014

NT2573 : Forrest Hill

taken 12 years ago, near to Edinburgh, Scotland

Forrest Hill
Forrest Hill
No.5, the Royal Scots HQ building is at the top, with part of the drill hall roof visible at the left.
WW1 Drill Hall - 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh

Originally the Headquarters of The Queens Rifle Volunteer Brigade "The Royal Scots", built in 1904, and the site of a WW1 drill hall for the 4th & 5th Battalions, Royal Scots(HQ and A-H Companies.Link. Now owned by The University of Edinburgh and used by their Communication and Marketing department. The drill hall is to the left of the main HQ Building, and is used as the Estate Operations Central Area Workshop. The shooting range is below the workshop and now inaccessible.


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Geographical Context: Lowlands Historic sites and artefacts Educational sites City, Town centre Place: Edinburgh Former: Drill Hall University: University of Edinburgh Primary Subject: Building other tags: WW1 Drill Hall The Royal Scots Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Articles: · WW1 Great War Centenary - Drill Halls ·
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M J Richardson   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 2 July, 2014   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 2 July, 2014
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OSGB36: geotagged! NT 2565 7319 [10m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! NT 2568 7319
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