Monument record MHG57051 - WWI Distribution Hut - Invergordon dockyard accommodation area

A WWI distribution hut in the Invergordon dockyard accommodation area.

The site was investigated in 2015 as part of the ARCH project 'Invergordon in World War I'. A WWI Naval plan in private possession shows a small building labelled Distribution Hut, within the accommodation hutments built by the Admiralty. It was located between hutments K and L, on a road leading east-west through the accommodation area. The area later became part of the extensive berms to the south of Tank 37. <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>