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North Sutor, Coast Battery
Guardhouse (First World War)
Site Name North Sutor, Coast Battery
Classification Guardhouse (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences; Fort North Sutor, Site No. 1
Canmore ID 364774
Site Number NH86NW 22.10
NGR NH 81828 68921
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/364774
- Council Highland
- Parish Nigg (Ross And Cromarty)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (26 March 2019)
Nothing can now be seen of this guardhouse which was introduced as part of the infrastructure of the battery by the Admiralty in World War I. It stood 11.5m SW of the Engine House (NH86NW 9.13) and inside the security fence (NH86NW 9.51) surrounding Site No.1. It was rectangular on plan and measured about 5m from NNW to SSE by 3m transversely, with a porch on the ENE. A plan in the Fort Record Book held by the National Archives at Kew (WO78/5192-16/19) identifies it as a ‘Guard Room’, while a sketch map of the battery entitled ‘Telephone Circuits’ in the same source (ADM 7/942), dated 7 May 1919, labels it as ‘Cells’.
Visited by HES Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK) 26 March 2019.
