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Field Visit

Date 8 June 1994

Event ID 743821

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/743821

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The concrete bases of five Nissen huts are disposed on two W-facing terraces on the W side of the peninsula. There are two circular gun-platforms, connected by a path, one on the crest of the ridge to the NE of the Nissen huts, the other on a low ridge just above the High Water Mark to the SW. Four of the huts are disposed across the first terrace down from the crest of the ridge. A drain cut around the back of this terrace predates the path running down from the northernmost gun-platform and presumably took water away from the huts. The fifth hut lies on the next terrace down towards the sea, along the path to the second gun-platform. A wall slot was visible at the edges of all the bases, and fragments of stoves were visible on three (Inverewe 32-34). C-shaped iron roof trusses and fragments of reinforced glass were the only remains of the superstructure. A rudimentary jetty is tucked in to a small inlet to the S of the Nissen huts, with no visible paths connecting to it.

All the huts were standing in October 1946 (visible on RAF 1:10,000 vertical aerial photograph CPE/SCOT/UK/83 No. 4255), while by March 1948 only three remained (visible on RAF vertical aerial photograph CPE/SCOT/321 No. 4383) and by May 1952 all had been dismantled or had collapsed (visible on RAF 1:10,000 vertical aerial photograph 540/725 No. 5137).

(Inverewe 30-36)

Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 8 June 1994.

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