Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Lockerbie HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess Yes Activities <p>Directions: From Lochmaben follow A709 towards Lockerbie and take the first right turn after the traffic lights on the river bridge. Bear left at the fork, continue to crossroads then turn right. Hallmuir Camp is almost immediately on your left. From Lockerbie town centre, go south to the Queen’s Roundabout and follow the signposts.</p><p>Ample parking and disabled parking area. </p> OpeningTime1 10 am till 5 pm OpeningDate1 7/9/2019 OpeningDate2 8/9/2019 OpeningTime2 10 am till 5 pm IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 11160 Refreshments Yes Street The street address 5 Hallmuir Camp AddressLine2 Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway Postcode DG11 1BN Parking Yes DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hallmuir POW Chapel Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1065 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.09961,-3.366537; Description An account of the resource <p>This very rare chapel (probably the only one in Scotland) was built by Ukrainian Prisoners of War at Hallmuir Camp, who in 1947 were sent from Italy to Scotland rather than being handed over to the Russians and a potentially terrifying future. </p><p>The basic building is a simple army hut clad with painted corrugated asbestos cement sheet but the chapel presents an authentic Ukrainian interior, complete with tinsel chandelier and is still in use by the Ukrainian community, who, since they were not able to return home after the war, stayed in Lockerbie and Lochmaben, found work in the area, married local girls and brought up their children to respect their traditions.</p><p>The building is Category B listed, and its unique value to Scottish and world history is increasingly recognised. Pay a visit and enjoy a warm welcome which includes tea and biscuits, conversation and stories.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940s