Dunfermline, 37, 39 Bruce Street, Drill Hall
Drill Hall (19th Century), Drill Hall (First World War), Sports Centre (Modern)
Site Name Dunfermline, 37, 39 Bruce Street, Drill Hall
Classification Drill Hall (19th Century), Drill Hall (First World War), Sports Centre (Modern)
Alternative Name(s) Bruce Street Sports Centre; Bruce Street Hall
Canmore ID 92822
Site Number NT08NE 348
NGR NT 08938 87573
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/92822
- Council Fife
- Parish Dunfermline
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
The Bruce Street drill hall (now Bruce Hall, not to be confused with Bruce Hall drill hall in Elgin Street (see NT08NE 484)) appears on both 2nd and 3rd epoch Ordnance Survey 1:2500 maps. It was built in 1866-8 in "institutional Gothic", designed by Andrew Scobie.
Confusion over the two drill halls in Dunfermline means that it is difficult to know which unit was based where: in 1914 the Dunfermline drill halls housed "B" Squadron, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, HQ, a battery and the ammunition column for the Highland Royal Garrison Artillery, and the base for "A" Company, 7th battalion Black Watch, and the base of "E" Company Highland Cyclist Battalion.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 24 June 2013.
NT08NE 348 08942 87573
Sports Centre [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, February 2009.
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.