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North Sutor, Coast Battery
Building (First World War)
Site Name North Sutor, Coast Battery
Classification Building (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences; Fort North Sutor, Site No. 1
Canmore ID 364786
Site Number NH86NW 22.20
NGR NH 81920 68954
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/364786
- 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 building which was introduced as part of the infrastructure of the battery by the Admiralty in World War I. It stood immediately SSE of the row of five buildings SE of the road leading to Site No.2 (NH86NE 9.48) and inside the security fence surrounding Site No.1 (NH86NW 9.51). It was rectangular on plan and measured about 6m from ENE to WSW by 5m transversely. A plan in the Fort Record Book held by the National Archives at Kew (WO78/5192-16/19) identifies it as a ‘Cook House’, while a sketch map of the battery entitled ‘Telephone Circuits’ (ADM7/942), dated 7 May 1919, labels it simply as one of eight ‘Huts’.
Visited by HES Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK) 26 March 2019.
