North Sutor, Coast Battery
Rocket Projector Battery (Second World War)
Site Name North Sutor, Coast Battery
Classification Rocket Projector Battery (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences, Fort North Sutor, Site No. 1
Canmore ID 331902
Site Number NH86NW 9.21
NGR NH 81862 68899
NGR Description From NH 81820 68884 to NH 81905 68920
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/331902
- Council Highland
- Parish Nigg (Ross And Cromarty)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Note (30 July 2013)
Located to the S of the Engine House are four concrete pads about c.30m apart aligned ENE-WSW, each with a holdfast for a UP Rocket for close air defence for the coast battery.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 30 July 2013.
Field Visit (16 March 2019)
This rocket projector battery, comprising four concrete emplacements (NH 81819 68885, NH 81847 68894, NH 81872 68906, NH 81904 68920) spaced between 24m-32m apart and situated immediately N of the crest of the SSE scarp overlooking the Cromarty Firth, formed part of the defences of the battery introduced by the Army during World War 2. Each platform measures 2.12m square and rises at least 0.15m above the ground surface. Their holdfasts measure 1.1m in diameter and comprise 12 bolts with a central duct for a cable.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK), 16 March 2019.
