Aberdeenshire HER - NO77SW0086 - 244 HIGH STREET, LAURENCEKIRK

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Primary ReferenceNO77SW0086
Name244 HIGH STREET, LAURENCEKIRK
NMRS Card No.NO77SW92
NMRS Numlink331409
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Former drill hall, used during World War I and still in use as a Terratorial Army Centre. It is a two-storey dormered building with four bays to the main street frontage and a single-storey hall behind. The entrances to both street-front block and hall are to the lane at the side. The detached building immediately behind the hall has been suggested to have been residential accommodation for an instructor. The street-front building and hall, but not the detached house, are shown on the OS 3rd edition map,. The 2nd edition shows a building along the street frontage and smaller structure to the rear within the footprint of the current hall. prior to which epoch Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map. In 1914 the drill hall was the drill station for 'C' Squadron, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and base for 'D' Company, 7th battalion Gordon Highlanders. Recorded by HS/RCAHMS WWI Audit Project 2013.
Last Update15/01/2014

National Grid Reference: NO 7118 7084


Easting: 302800, Northing: 788700

CompilerCP
Date of Compilation13/01/2014

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
DRILL-HALLS  A100
DRILL-HALLSWORLD WAR I B100
HALLSDRILL C100

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Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Laurencekirk
Positional Accuracy Centred at
Buffer Zone 1-5m
Buffer Type Bespoke
Capture Scale 1:1 - 1:500
Spatial Feature Type Polygon: Known Site Extent

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Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude86
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Topography Gentle slope
Aspect 1W
Aspect 2 Closed
Current Land Use Urban
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PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Modern (1900 - 2050) A100    
World War 1 (1914 - 1918) B100    
19th Century C100    

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