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South Sutor
Latrine (Second World War) (1939)-(1945)
Site Name South Sutor
Classification Latrine (Second World War) (1939)-(1945)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences
Canmore ID 369602
Site Number NH86NW 11.27
NGR NH 80861 67030
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/369602
- Council Highland
- Parish Cromarty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (18 February 2020)
This latrine, which is situated on a platform 4m W of the Naval Hut (NH86NW 11.28), formed part of the infrastructure of the battery introduced by the Army in WWII. It measures 2.16m from N to S by 1.82m transversely within timber walls and it has a corrugated asbestos sheet roof that slopes down to the N. The entrance is on the S and its interior originally contained two lavatories, only one of which now remains in place.
The latrine is depicted on a plan of the battery in the Fort Record Book held in the National Archives at Kew (WO78/5192). It is also visible on an RAF vertical aerial photograph (Scot-106G-RAF-0751-6036) flown on 31 August 1945 and on an oblique from the E (USN 218 206-0097) that was also flown in 1945.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK), 18 February 2020.
