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 365249
Site Number NH86NW 10.10
NGR NH 80433 68990
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/365249
- 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)
This grass-grown weapons pit is situated upon a narrow terrace on a steep slope overlooking the foreshore about 30m S of the U1456 public road. It measures 5m from WNW to ESE by 3.2m transversely and 1.2m deep. A spread bank up to 0.2m high protects it on the NW, SW and SE. An undated sketch map of the battery in the Fort Record Book held at the National Archives at Kew (WO192/248), identifies this as ’18. Gun Pit’.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK, KLG), 30 March 2019.