Monument record MHG56981 - WWI Picket House - Invergordon shore

A WWI Admiralty picket house in Invergordon.

The site was investigated in 2015 as part of the ARCH project 'Invergordon in World War I'. A WWI Naval plan in private collection labels a Picket House to the east of the Ferry Slip. Wartime photos show a one-storey building. It is not visible on the 1930 aerial photo. On an Admiralty plan of 1921 (MPI 1/651/4), this building is labelled N.S.O. Store. <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>