Monument record MHG39968 - Observation Post, South Sutor

Fort South Soutor, South Soutor Cromarty - report compiled by M Ross, 2004. See Assoc. Docs. File.

Coast battery 4 inch WWI - NH 8087 6726 - Emplacements for two WWI 4 inch guns with underground magazines behind. Two serachlight emplacements below. Remains of camp site above. Original camouflage paint can still be seen in good condition in the entrance to the magazines. Photos.
Radar CHL WWII - NH 8086 6706 - The site is partly demolished with only the engine room, two machine gun emplacements (LAA) and one other small building extant. There is a 1950's underground ROC post on the same site. The WWII ROC post was on top of Gallow Hill at NH 801 662 {see NH86NW00 }. Photos.
ROC Post - NH 8060 6693 - Underground ROC Post of the 1950's type. Photo.
Coast Battery - NH 8104 6698 - Most buildings extant within metal fence. Brick, concrete and wood. This is probably the most complete Coast Battery in Scotland. This battery was armed with 1 x 9.2 inch gun manned by the Navy during WWI. 2 x 6 inch Mk. VII guns on CPII mountings by November 1939. Care & Maintenance April 1945. Removed 1956. Photos.
Fire Command Post - NH 8086 6705 - Single storey Observation Post with several other rooms. From this post the Fire Commander controlled all the guns in thes area. Photos.
Port War Signal Station Navy Camp WWI WWII - NH 8088 6697 - Port War Signal Station demolished, the hutted camp is in very poor condition. Concrete, wood and asbestos sheets. Photos.
Army Camp II - Most of the site is now hut bases, there are one or two buildings extant and lived in. One of these buildings, a wooden hut, is the Officers Mess which is now a private house. Inside the building can be seen the Royal Artillery Badge painted on the wall.
XDO Post - Submarine control position WWII - NH 8070 6722 - Small concrete building with lookout slits with steel shutters. The Extended Defence Officer would have controlled the submarine minefield from this building. Photo.
Mine Watching Post - NH 8091 6707 - Concrete Observation Post. This was used by the mine watching service, watching for enemy aircraft dropping mines in to the sea and recording their position. Photo.
J A Guy, 20th Century Defences, (report nos. 1, 8 & 11)
See Associated Documents for extensive details.
A M Fox, Highland Council, 10.10.01.

NH86NW 11 8103 6695

Two bunkers are set at the edge of a cliff, held number one and number two guns. Guns date from both the First and Second World Wars. These emplacements are accompanied by lockers for shells and a fire command post. Much of the site is overgrown and survey has revealed two major parts of the site, one at the top of the cliff and one at the base.
Information from the Independent 7 September 1994.