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South Sutor
Submarine Mining Station (First World War) (1913)-(1918)
Site Name South Sutor
Classification Submarine Mining Station (First World War) (1913)-(1918)
Alternative Name(s) Cromarty Defences; South Sutor; Little Rock
Canmore ID 369630
Site Number NH86NW 11.44
NGR NH 80255 67236
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/369630
- Council Highland
- Parish Cromarty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (21 February 2020)
These buildings, which are situated in woodland about 245m W of St Mary’s Well (NH86NW 4), formed part of the infrastructure introduced to the Cromarty defences by the Admiralty in the First World War. The larger of the two surviving structures is terraced into the N-facing slope immediately N of a footpath leading to Cromarty. It is rectangular on plan and measures 11.7m from E to W by 5.2m transversely. The rush-grown interior is featureless, except for a plinth that supports three concrete pillars for a directional range finder. The rush-grown concrete floor of a second building is situated 25m to the SE. Also rectangular on plan, it measures 3.5m from N to S by 2.8m transversely.
The buildings are annotated ‘R.M.S.M’ (Royal Marine Submarine Mining Station) on a plan of the South Sutor batteries in the Fort Record Book held in the National Archives at Kew (WO78/5192 15/19). This shows them as part of a complex comprising three buildings situated within a large polygonal enclosure. However, the disposition of the buildings on the plan differs from that represented by the surviving remains. No trace of the enclosure was observed on the date of visit.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK), 21 February 2020.
