Monument record MHG57061 - WWI Dockyard quarters - Invergordon

WWI Dockyard quarters in Invergordon.

The buildings were investigated in 2015 as part of the ARCH project 'Invergordon in World War I'. On a WWI Naval plan in private possession, two semi-detached houses are labelled as 'Dockyard Quarters'. They are not shaded (the convention for buildings taken over by the Admiralty). There are no buildings on this location on the 2nd edition OS map (surveyed 1902), nor do they appear on the 1930 aerial photograph. They appear as single-storey buildings on a WWI aerial photograph. <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>