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Nigg Battery
Weapons Pit (Second World War)(Possible)
Site Name Nigg Battery
Classification Weapons Pit (Second World War)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences; Dunskeath Castle; Norwegian Battery; Fort Nigg
Canmore ID 365238
Site Number NH86NW 10.04
NGR NH 80587 68916
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/365238
- Council Highland
- Parish Nigg (Ross And Cromarty)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (30 March 2019)
What may be a grass- and bracken-grown weapons pit or a firing trench is situated 7m E of a searchlight (NH86NW 10.3) overlooking the beach. It measures 3.8m from WNW to ESE by 2.6m transversely and was evidently intended to offer some defence to the searchlight.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK, KLG), 30 March 2019.