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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 365247
Site Number NH86NW 10.08
NGR NH 80514 69031
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/365247
- 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 grass-grown weapons pit is situated in rough pasture 1.5m NNW of the remains of the E gun emplacement (NH86NW 10.9). It measures 3.5m from E to W by 2.75m transversely and 0.8m deep. It was evidently intended to offer some defence to the nearby gun emplacements.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK, KLG), 28 March 2019.
