The barracks were established in the north west of the city as a home for cavalry regiments in 1793.

[1] 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 site became the headquarters of Perth and Kinross Constabulary and then Western Division, Tayside Police.

[6] In June 2017 the Black Watch Association unveiled a memorial in the form of a simple stone structure on the site of the former barracks.

[7] The Army Reserve Centre, located further up the Dunkeld Road, has since adopted the name of Queen's Barracks.