Nigg Battery
Nissen Hut (Second World War)
Site Name Nigg Battery
Classification Nissen Hut (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences; Dunskeath Castle; Norwegian Battery; Fort Nigg
Canmore ID 365262
Site Number NH86NW 10.20
NGR NH 80211 68916
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/365262
- 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 platform is situated in dune grassland 40m S of the U1456 public road and 9m WSW of another building platform (NH86NW 10.19). It is rectangular on plan and measures 17m from ENE to WSW by 7.2m transversely. A Nissen Hut is shown at this location on an aerial photograph (CPE/Scot/UK/0293 SFFO 0044) flown on 17 September 1947.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK, KLG), 30 March 2019.
