Queen's Barracks

The barracks were established in the north west of the city as a home for cavalry regiments in 1793. It became the home to the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) and it was from this regiment that the barracks derived its name. The barracks were subsequently converted to take infantry regiments. Following the Childers Reforms, the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot amalgamated with the 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Black Watch with its depot in the barracks in 1881. The barracks were decommissioned in May 1961 and were then demolished. The site became the headquarters of Perth and Kinross Constabulary and then Western Division, Tayside Police. In June 2017 the Black…