South Sutor
Building Platform (First World War) (1913)-(1918)
Site Name South Sutor
Classification Building Platform (First World War) (1913)-(1918)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences; Fort South Sutor, Site No. 3; Charlie's Seat
Canmore ID 369624
Site Number NH86NW 11.41
NGR NH 80825 67286
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/369624
- Council Highland
- Parish Cromarty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (20 February 2020)
This grass- and rush-grown building platform, which is cut back into the steep N-facing slope 4m N of the barracks (NH86NW 11.42), formed part of the infrastructure introduced to the battery by the Admiralty in the First World War. It is rectangular on plan and measures 5.4m from NW to SE by 2.9m transversely. Access was possibly by means of an entrance facing on to the path that ran down from the latrine (NH86NW 11.40) to the searchlight battery (NH86NW 11.18) below.
The building is not shown on a plan of the battery in the Fort Record Book held in the National Archives at Kew (WO78/5192).
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK), 20 February 2020.
