Nethy Bridge Drill Hall
Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century), Drill Hall (Second World War), Drill Hall (First World War), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Nethy Bridge Drill Hall
Classification Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century), Drill Hall (Second World War), Drill Hall (First World War), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) War Memorialbench And Plaque
Canmore ID 332712
Site Number NJ02SW 93
NGR NJ 00091 20590
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/332712
- Council Highland
- Parish Abernethy And Kincardine
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
Note (8 October 2013)
Nethy Bridge drill hall and the drill sergant's cottage to its W, were built by 1896. The hall was demolished after the Second World War. The Drill sergant's cottage is still standing.
The drill hall is shown on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Inverness-shire).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 8 October 2013.
Note (18 December 2015)
Beside the site of the Drill Hall there is a stone and wooden bench which acts as a small war memorial. The stone was formerly the threshold step into the drill hall and has a small plaque attached which reads 'In proud memory of every man of Nethy Bridge and District who trod on this threshold step of the village hall [Drill Hall] when he enlisted in the forces 1914 - 1918'.
The wooden seat seat also has a plaque noting that the Drill Hall was demolished in April 1996.
Information from M Briscoe and Historic Environment Scotland (AKK) 18 December 2015.
