Sutors Of Cromarty
Firing Range (First World War), Firing Range (19th Century) - (20th Century), Target (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Sutors Of Cromarty
Classification Firing Range (First World War), Firing Range (19th Century) - (20th Century), Target (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 288292
Site Number NH86NW 18
NGR NH 8018 6730
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288292
- Council Highland
- Parish Cromarty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
The Cromarty rifle range lies on the eastern side of the town, only about 900m from the drill hall and below the large army camp SW of the town. It is marked on the 1st and 2nd epoch map and therefore predates the First World War.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 30 September 2013.
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
Field Visit (21 February 2020)
The only surviving remains of the Cromarty Rifle Range is a target (NH80132 67279), which is situated within an enclosure fronting a rocky outcrop in woodland immediately N of a footpath leading W to Cromarty. It comprises a cross-braced metal box-frame, measuring 2.1m in breadth by 1.8m in height and 0.38m in thickness, which is strengthened on the E by two angled supports with feet sunk into the ground. The enclosure surrounding it, which is entered from the N, measures 6.65m from N to S by 3.67m transversely within roughly coursed stone walls 0.36m thick and up to 1.65m high.
The target is marked on the first edition of the OS 25-inch map (Cromartyshire, 1872, Sheet LXVII.9), which also shows the location of the shooting platforms at 900 yards (NH 79320 67140), 800 yards (NH 79416 67156) and 600 yards (NH 79594 67188). No trace of these remain.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK), 21 February 2020.
