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Comrie, Twenty Shilling Wood
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Cinema (20th Century)
Site Name Comrie, Twenty Shilling Wood
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Cinema (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Twenty Shilling Wood Caravan Site
Canmore ID 242609
Site Number NN72SE 230
NGR NN 7626 2203
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/242609
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Comrie (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN72SE 230 7626 2203
NN 7626 2203 The remains of several buildings were observed in the caravan park at Twenty Shilling Wood. These largely survive as a series of concrete footings. Local knowledge preserves them as the remains of the construction workers' camp occupied during the construction of the nearby Glen Lednock reservoir by Mitchell Construction for Hydro-Electric, 1954-57. The camp accommodated 500 men and the buildings were demolished in the late 1950s/early 1960s. In 1963 the site became a caravan park. The hospital, canteen and accommodation blocks are now caravan stances.
The remains of a cinema and an adjacent office are not caravan stances. The cinema is marked by a prominent flight of concrete steps leading up to brick footings measuring c 10 x 15m. A small brick-built boiler-house with adjoining ?coke-stand survives to its full height (with modifications) and is currently used as a store. A similar labour camp was built at Cannich, Glen Affric, where the cinema building survives.
An initial photographic survey was made of the surviving structures and is held at Perth Museum. The Museum would be pleased to hear from anyone who may have or know of any original photographs of the camp prior to its demolition.
M Hall and A Lowe 2002
