Innes Links, Fishing Station
Fishing Station (Post Medieval)
Site Name Innes Links, Fishing Station
Classification Fishing Station (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Spey Bay
Canmore ID 293115
Site Number NJ26NE 31
NGR NJ 28044 67761
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Moray
- Parish Urquhart
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26NE 31 28044 67761
The abandoned fishing station building is situated about 147m SSW of the Innes Links emergency gun battery (NJ26NE 30.00). It lies within a cleared area of the forest on the S side of a track running NW to SE, opposite the remains of the accommodation camp for the battery (NJ26NE 30.10). It measures about 16.3 by 5.5m overall and is constructed of random rubble with a slated roof and two chimney stacks. The N elevation has four bays with an entrance at the NW end and in the SW-facing elevation there are two bays and two entrances.
The building shows evidence of having been altered internally, two partitions were noted, one still in place creating a separate compartment at the NW end and the mark of a second on the walls adjacent to the door. At least one of the entrances in the SW elevation is of a later construction.
It is suggested that with the presence of the Military accommodation camp on the opposite side of the track that it is highly likely that they utilised the building during World War II.
The Fishing Station is depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Elginshire, 1873) and on all subsequent editions of the 6-inch map (ibid), it is also annotated as 'Fishing Station', 'Flagstaff' and 'Wind Gauge'.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, NG), 27 February 2008.
