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Cromarty
Searchlight Battery (First World War) (1913)-(1918)
Site Name Cromarty
Classification Searchlight Battery (First World War) (1913)-(1918)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences
Canmore ID 369631
Site Number NH76NE 339
NGR NH 79227 67315
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/369631
- Council Highland
- Parish Cromarty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (21 February 2020)
Nothing is now visible of this searchlight battery, which formed part of the infrastructure introduced to the Cromarty defences by the Admiralty in the First World War. The buildings have been demolished and although the site is presently covered with thickets of bramble, it has a fine outlook to the N.
The battery is annotated ‘Searchlights and Power Hos’ (Searchlights and Power House) on a plan of the South Sutor batteries in the Fort Record Book held in the National Archives at Kew (WO78/5192 15/19). This shows that it originally comprised five buildings. Its function was to scan the firth for any enemy vessel that succeeded in avoiding the minefield.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK), 21 February 2020.
