Nigg, Pitcalnie
Military Camp (First World War)
Site Name Nigg, Pitcalnie
Classification Military Camp (First World War)
Canmore ID 333094
Site Number NH87SW 57
NGR NH 80501 71957
NGR Description and NH 80642 72345
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/333094
- Council Highland
- Parish Nigg (Ross And Cromarty)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
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.
Note (30 October 2013)
A large camp was established at Nigg in 1914 for training and for defense of the North Sutor battery. Troops had arrived by 11 September 1914, with a battalion of the Scottish Rifles encamped between Nigg School and Pitcalnie House (the farm was taken over for the war) and a battalion of The Black Watch between the Middle Church and Bayfield.
The camp compised a large number of wooden huts all of which were removed immediately after the war.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK)
