Cromarty Work

Attribution: Image by Thierry Milherou from Pixabay

Oil construction yard work in Cromarty

In common with other areas in Ross-shire, personnel from Cromarty have worked in the oil construction yards in Nigg and Invergordon.

At Invergordon and Nigg, Ameralda Hess and ELF structures were built at Barmac’s fabrication yard but the international downturn in orders threatened many skilled and well-paid jobs (1998).

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01 Allan Kilpatrick of RCAHMS (in red jacket) pointing out some details in gun emplacement on South Sutor.
01 Allan Kilpatrick of RCAHMS (in red jacket) pointing out some details in gun emplacement on South Sutor.
02 Building on South Sutor. Note original steel shutters.
02 Building on South Sutor. Note original steel shutters.
03 Observation tower. Note camouflage paint on lower building.
03 Observation tower. Note camouflage paint on lower building.
04 Looking towards North Sutor with its white observation post top right - and modern "camouflage" in foreground.
04 Looking towards North Sutor with its white observation post top right - and modern "camouflage" in foreground.
05 South Sutor gun emplacement. Underneath are magazines for shells.
05 South Sutor gun emplacement. Underneath are magazines for shells.
06 Smaller gun emplacement (foreground), South Sutor.
06 Smaller gun emplacement (foreground), South Sutor.
07 Observation post, from which can be seen ....
07 Observation post, from which can be seen ....
08 .... yet another building and the Moray Firth in the background.
08 .... yet another building and the Moray Firth in the background.
09 Same building.
09 Same building.
10 Another observation post with North Sutor in background.
10 Another observation post with North Sutor in background.
11 Looking down on the engine room.
11 Looking down on the engine room.
12 Wild boars living in the locked enclosure
12 Wild boars living in the locked enclosure
The wild boars living in the locked enclosure which contains most of the buildings featured previously. It is a testimony to the quality of the steel used that the fence erected in 1913 remains intact.
13 Wild boars living in the locked enclosure
13 Wild boars living in the locked enclosure
The wild boars living in the locked enclosure which contains most of the buildings featured previously. It is a testimony to the quality of the steel used that the fence erected in 1913 remains intact.
Medieval Cromarty
Medieval Cromarty
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