Grid reference NH8167
near to Sutors of Cromarty, Highland, Scotland
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Sutors Stacks
Invergordon was a naval base in wartime and the Cromarty Firth was defended.
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Searchlight positions on the Sutor Stacks
These are WW1 searchlight positions on the South Sutor Stacks at the entrance to the Cromarty Firth. They are in remarkable condition considering their age and their proximity to the sea. One can only imagine what it must have been like to... (more)
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South Sutor Stacks
The searchlight positions on the Stacks are visible as is a bottle-nosed dolphin in the foreground.
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Entrance to Cromarty Firth - The Sutors
Passing Sutors Stacks at the entrance to Cromarty Firth. Several redundant offshore drilling rigs can be seen in the firth ahead.
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South Sutor
North & South Sutor (Soutor derived from Shoemaker) lie at the opening of the mouth of the Cromarty Firth. Note the old abandoned lookout point atop of the truncated sea stack.
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Cromarty Firth, Buss Bank Buoy
Port marker buoy at the entrance to Cromarty Firth. Its position is 57°40.97'N 3°59.54'W (Reeds Nautical Almanac 2017).
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South Sutor
Cliff at the entrance to Cromarty Firth.
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Buss Bank Buoy and South Sutor
The Buss Bank channel marker is a port buoy at the entrance to Cromarty Firth. Its position is 57°40.97'N 3°59.54'W (Reeds Nautical Almanac 2017).
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Sutors Stacks and Buss Bank Buoy, Cromarty Firth
The Buss Bank channel marker is a port buoy at the entrance to Cromarty Firth. Its position is 57°40.97'N 3°59.54'W (Reeds Nautical Almanac 2017).
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Derelict military site perimeter, South Sutor
A companion image to NH8166 : Derelict military site perimeter, South Sutor. Both fences terminate abruptly at the cliff edge - just a few metres beyond the photographer position here. Part of a sandy cove on the shoreline below South Sutor is visible here, as is the bottom of... ( more)
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Cliff edge and Moray Firth, South Sutor
NH8167 is a square of bracken, military fence, cliff edge and far below the water of the Cromarty Firth/Moray Firth. But the sea dominates entirely.
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View from the seats on the 100-steps footpath
Two seats have been placed side by side and trees cleared to give an extensive view from the footpath up South Sutor. Here marine biologists from the University of Aberdeen have observed the dolphin families in their nursery at the... (more)
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The mouth of the Cromarty Firth
A large cruise ship can just about be seen leaving the firth after a day at Invergordon.
A Culbin sandbank forms the foreground.
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Sutors Stacks
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