Nigg Battery
Weapons Pit (Second World War)
Site Name Nigg Battery
Classification Weapons Pit (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences; Dunskeath Castle; Norwegian Battery; Fort Nigg
Canmore ID 365245
Site Number NH86NW 10.06
NGR NH 80561 69013
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/365245
- Council Highland
- Parish Nigg (Ross And Cromarty)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (28 March 2019)
This bracken- and grass-grown weapons pit or firing trench, which was introduced as part of the infrastructure of the battery by the Army in World War II, is situated in rough pasture 5.5m E of the remains of the battery observation post (NH86NW 10.7). It measures 4m from E to W by 1.5m transversely and 0.5m deep. Low banks protect its S and W sides.
An undated sketch map of the battery in the Fort Record Book held at the National Archives at Kew (WO192/248) identifies what may be this feature as ‘3. Trench’. It was evidently intended to offer some defence to the nearby observation post. It is also depicted on an aerial photograph (SC2087406) taken in 1972, which forms part of the John Dewar collection curated by HES.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK, KLG), 28 March 2019.
