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MHG57058 - WWI Coal Pound - Invergordon Dockyard Accommodation area

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A WWI coal pound in the Invergordon Dockyard accommodation area.

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A WWI coal pound 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 coal pound at this location, situated towards the northeast area of dockyard accommodation. A branch railway line from the mainline railway led to this coal pound. This area was landscaped into berms for the oil tanks in the 1930s or early in WWII. <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>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 7152 6915 (20m by 22m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH76NW
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	ROSSKEEN

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