Nigg Battery
Building Platform (Second World War)
Site Name Nigg Battery
Classification Building Platform (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences; Dunskeath Castle; Norwegian Battery; Fort Nigg
Canmore ID 365256
Site Number NH86NW 10.14
NGR NH 80311 68972
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/365256
- 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 building, which was introduced as part of the infrastructure of the battery by the Army in World War II, is situated in dune grassland 8.5m SE of the U1456 public road. All that remains is the NE corner of a concrete platform and a drain near the NW corner.
An undated sketch map of the battery in the Fort Record Book held at the National Archives at Kew (WO192/248) identifies this building as a ’22. Cookhouse’. It is depicted on an aerial photograph (CPE/Scot/UK/0293 SFFO 0045) flown on 17 September 1947.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK, KLG), 30 March 2019.
