Building record MHG56952 - WWI salvage store - Invergordon

A former WWI Admiralty salvage store building, now demolished.

The site was investigated in 2015 as part of the ARCH project 'Invergordon in World War I'. A Naval WWI plan in a private collection depicts a Salvage Store at this location. The orientation is to take advantage of railway sidings to the south. The building does not appear in the aerial photo of 1947 or a plan of 1945. <1>

At least three versions of a WWI Naval plan survive, two in private collection which probably date to wartime, and one in the National Archives (MPI 1/641/4) which dates to 1921. On all three the buildings taken over or built by the Navy are shaded, but there are a few discrepancies between the plans. One of the plans in private collection has enlarged details, but only shows the Admiralty buildings and not others in the town. Valuation Rolls also indicate some buildings not shaded on our plans were taken over by the military. It is clear from contemporary photographs that the army built additional buildings, particularly north of Cromlet Drive. <2>