Monument record MHG56957 - WWI Land and Canteen for Royal Navy - 43 High Street, Invergordon

Site of former Royal Navy land and canteen. The original buildings have now now demolished.

The site was investigated in 2015 as part of the ARCH project 'Invergordon in World War I'. The Valuation Rolls for 1915/1916 to 1919-1920 list land and canteen at 43 High Street belonging to the Admiralty in this period. The wartime buildings no longer survive. <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. <3>