The Invergordon Archive

Regarding the bridge over the railway line, the one east of the church. I often wondered about it being there as it didn't go anywhere and the deck was covered in ground and grass. After reading Ina Macleod's story on Old Invergordon, it now makes sense. It seems that Munro Street was a through street to the Inverbreakie road and would have used this bridge. Munro Street changed when the tank farm was constructed.

When I started in the Academy I used to go home to Saltburn Road every lunchtime which took a while but occasionally, if I was walking with Bel Moir and her dad Dave was working in the tanks, we would cross that little bridge, walk through the tanks and out onto Munro Street, a much shorter route.

Harry, Munro Street stopped at its junction with Joss Street. The street then became Tomich Road (still is) then terminated at the Admiralty fence when the tank farm was constructed. The Bridge carries (or carried) the pipelines to Inchindown across the North Rail Line. I seem to recall this info somewhere else on the site.

I noted from a recent news artical in the P&J that remains of WW1 training trenches were found in Invergordon, but unfortunately they didn't say where. Does anyone know where they are? I can't for the life of me think where they might be. They were spotted in an aerial photograph.

Hi Jillian, I remember some being up on the Newmore moor, just in off the road and just past the school.

Surely the trenches found would be 2nd World War trenches as all round Inverg there were army camps and training everywhere before the troops marched down from the camps down King Street and on to the troopships moored along the middle pier. Where they were bound I don’t know but as they were fast troopers it could have been to the middle east.

Thanks Harry, I think I know the area you are talking about. Just for interest, I've copied some text from the press release about the trenches - definitely WW1 as stated.

"Experts have found trenches dug by troops stationed in the Highlands that have survived 90 years after the First World War's end, it was revealed yesterday.
Aerial photographs revealed the network near Invergordon, prompting a closer inspection by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS).
Surveyors found two sets of trenches, from 2ft to 5ft deep – one representing British lines and the other German – with 400 yards of "no man's land" between them.
They are believed to have been built for training by Royal Marines stationed in Invergordon. Some stretches have become overgrown with bracken.
An even more spectacular set of trenches near Cromarty was ploughed over in the late 1970s or early 1980s. Allan Kilpatrick, of RCAHMS, said: "You do get a sense of what a soldier would have experienced the first time he went into the trenches."

Interesting stuff, Jillian. I suppose they won't give out the location in order to keep the looky-looks away.

Yep - people like me Harry!! I'd be happy to see just a photo of the area. I find all this quite interesting, but I suppose there is always a danger someone will spoil the area (or build houses on it!!)?

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