Monument record MHG57092 - WWII workshops - Invergordon Dockyard

WWII workshops at Invergordon Dockyard. Contained within a single nissen hut these were for a shipwright, blacksmith, welders, coppersmiths and plumbers.

The building was investigated in 2015 as part of the ARCH project 'Invergordon in World War I'. During WWI land was reclaimed on the shore, by filling in from approximately the Central pier to Oakes Villa Stores. Railway lines were constructed along the shore to the east for transporting infill material. A WWI aerial photo shows few buildings in this area during WWI. However, by WWII there are a number within the area, as shown by a wartime plan in private collection and aerial photos. The infill area was for the most part taken over by the M.O.D., with a line running south from Shore Road. A WWII plan in private possession shows a building to the east of the boatshed, divided into a Shipwright's unit to the north and a unit for balcksmiths, welders, coppersmiths and plumbers to the south. On the 1947 aerial photograph this is shown to be a nissen hut, one of a number located in this infill area. <1>