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North Sutor, Coast Battery

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General view.
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An oblique aerial view of Cromarty, Easter Ross, looking ENE.
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An oblique aerial view of military camp, coast battery and gun emplacements on the North Sutor, Cromarty Firth, looking S.
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View behind the gun pit (right) of the SW Emplacement from the SW
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Close-up of a small circular base plate for a pipework balustrade around the NW edge of the gun pit in the Gun Emplacement
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Cement patches on the outer edge of the gun pit marking the former position of the robbed brick pillars that support the mezzanine in the NE Emplacement
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The partly blocked entrance leading into the gun pit of the NE Emplacement
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The internal NE arc of the gun pit in the NE Emplacement
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The shaft of the chute (WWII) leading down to the magazine (WWI) in the NE
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The crew shelter of the NE Emplacement from the NW
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The earthwork protecting the crew shelter on the SE of the NE Emplacement
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The metal holdfast at the centre of the gun pit in the SW Emplacement from the WNW
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North Sutor WWII gun house, profile and underground magazine
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North Sutor WWII gun house and Shelter; WWI gun emplacement
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View from S showing remains of World War 1  9.2-inch gun emplacement with top of hoist for World War II magazine and  World War II gun emplacement and what is possibly the gun crew room.
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View from S of western World War II 6-inch gun-emplacement and gun pit showing canopy and part of holdfast.
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View from SE of western World War II 6-inch gun-emplacement showing stones placed on apron for camouflage.
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Interior view from S showing part of the gun pit and rear wall including some of the ready-use ammunition lockers.
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View from NE of World War II 6-inch gun-emplacement and gun pit.
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View from N showing the rear elevation and roof of eastern World War II 6-inch gun-emplacement.  Also visible is the rear entrance and the remains of a camouflage pattern.
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Oblique aerial view of North Sutor Coastal Battery, looking N.
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Aerial view of North Sutor coast battery, taken from the SE.  Visible are the First and Second World War gun-emplacements, with part of the accommodation camp..
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Aerial view of North Sutor coast battery with First and Second World War gun-emplacements, from the SW.
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Aerial view of North Sutor, First and Second World War coast batteries from the NW.  Part of the accommodation camp and seachlight battery is also visible.
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