Achnacarry Village Hall Archive

The village hall in Achnacarry was built (I'm geussing) some time around the 1920s. It's construction was heavily engineered by Sir Robert McAlpine who also oversaw the construction of Glenfinnan Viaduct. His firm were the first people in Lochaber to purely use poured concreate to construct entire buildings, which is exactly what the hall is made of. The hall is joned on to a house that was built the same way that has now been derilict for several years. After a century of dances, partys, weddings, ceilidhs, and countless other ocasions, the hall is now structurally un-sound, due to it being purely poured concreate in construction, with no reinforcement at all.

The hall is sadly beyond repair now and will likley be taken down in the near future, for this reason I decided I ought to document the hall with photographs, which is the purpose of this page. Below are some photographs of the original Achnacarry hall, taken on the 21st October, 2025.

Front view




Entrance


Lobby


Main hall




Stage


Store rooms






Kitchen




Rear view


One of the first performances I ever did was in this hall, part of a new year party. There's a picture of this on my performace page. It is very sad to see the hall go, however there are plans for a new hall well underway.

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