Cameron Barracks
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| Inverness | |
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Northern Constabulary Pipe Band at Cameron Barracks
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 Cameron Barracks
Location within Invernesshire
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| Type | Barracks |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator |  British Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1876–1884 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1884-Present |
Cameron Barracks stands on Knockentinnel Hill on the eastern outskirts of Inverness in Scotland.
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History
The barracks were built by the Royal Engineers' Office between 1880 and 1886 to be the home of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders.[1]
During the First World War, the barracks was used to process many thousands of volunteer recruits. Returning wounded and demobilising soldiers also passed though the barracks towards the end of the war and on its conclusion. Conscientious objectors were, for a time, held here, as was the crew of a captured German submarine.[2]
The barracks remained in use as the base of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders until September 1960 when the regiment moved to Fort George, shortly before the amalgamation of Seaforths and Camerons.[1]
Architecture
Built in the Baronial style, it consists of 4 2-storey blocks enclosing 3 sides of the parade ground. The north-west and west blocks each have, at their centre, twin conical-roofed drum towers linked by a balcony above the round-arched entrance. The north-east block is surmounted by an asymmetrical clock-tower. There is, at north-east corner, a square-plan entrance tower forming the main gateway. The barracks was listed as Category: B on 21 May 1971.[3]
Music
Cameron Barracks has a very long affiliation with both Army Piping and Cadet Force Piping. The first Army Class of Instruction was held at Cameron Barracks in 1910 under the expert tutolage of Pipe Major John MacDonald and supervisory direction of the Piobaireachd Society. The Army Cadet Force has endeavoured to keep this affiliation alive and each year an eight-day course of instruction is held at Cameron Barracks during the Easter school holidays.[4]
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