The Jacobite Line

The flag marks the southern end of the Jacobite Army as they lined up before battle - and literally the end of the line for Bonnie Prince Charlie - a dreich day on Culloden Muir - perhaps similar to that day in April 1746.

Taken 06/07/08 © Copyright Adam Ward and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

End of the Great Glen Way

Stone on the castle hill in Inverness marking the northern end of The Great Glen Way which runs from Fort William. Beyond is the Castle Tavern.

Taken 06/07/08 © Copyright Colin Smith and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

One of our Bloggers is Missing

Today members of the CDPB community are joining together to be a voice for one blogger missing and the many people throughout Iran who have had their voice silenced.



For more information see Oeiras and environment and also Click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

Stoneyfield House

Stoneyfield House was a smallholding on the Raigmore Estate which was built in 1780. In the early 20th Century, it was owned by a Neil D. Macintosh. Mr Macintosh sold the estate off in small lots in 1918. The house has now been converted into offices, and is currently the headquarters of Tulloch Homes Group.

Taken 29/04/09 © Copyright Richard Dorrell and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Snow Goose

Situated on land that was originally part of Stoneyfield House, the Snow Goose was previously known as the Coach House Inn. Stoneyfield House was a smallholding on the Raigmore Estate which was built in 1780. In the early 20th Century, it was owned by a Neil D. Macintosh. Mr Macintosh sold the estate off in small lots in 1918 and one of the lots was the Coach House Inn.

More information the Snow Goose website.

Taken 29/04/09 © Copyright Richard Dorrell and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

St Stephen's Kirk

In the low midday sun of Christmas Day, much of the kirk is in the shade of the buildings across the road.

Taken 25/12/08 © Copyright Ann Burgess and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Dunbar's Hospital

1668-built hospital for the poor, endowed by Provost Dunbar. It subsequently became a grammar school till 1792, then a public library. Now it has flats, shops and day centre.

Taken 07/07/08 © Copyright Colin Smith and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Castleton Village

A group of distinctively turreted houses in Castleton Village. These are much longer established than the new housing estates that are now sprouting around them.

0Taken 08/12/07 © Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Hilton Church

Built in the 1950s to serve the housing expansion in the town after the war. A thriving lively church.

Taken 03/11/06 © Copyright Derek Brown and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Provost Lamppost

The provosts of many of Scotland's royal burghs were honoured by having a lamp outside their house. With changes in local government Inverness is no longer a royal burgh but it still has a provost (I'm not clear how that works). A current provost has two lamps and past provosts retain one so there is a sprinkling of houses with a single lamp outside all over the town. The arms are those of the burgh.

Taken 20/06/06 © Copyright David Greenhalgh and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Stratherrick Wood

The remnants of a natural Highland wood, with native species such as Scots Pine, Rowan and Oak in abundance. When inside this wood, it's hard to believe it's virtually surrounded by housing developments.

Taken 11/08/08 © Copyright Alasdair MacNeill and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Tomnahurich Bridge

The present bridge is a reconstruction of an earlier one. It was designed by engineers Crouch and Hogg and T Shirley Hawkins and built in 1938 by Sir William Arrol and Co. It is hinged at its south end (left in this view) and swings downstream, away from this view point.

Taken 26/12/08 © Copyright Ann Burgess and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

High Street

Now pedestrianised, this used to be the main road north through the city.

Taken 25/09/07 © Copyright Dave Fergusson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Inverness Station

A view to the east from the platform end at Inverness Station. On the right is the leading power car of the "Highland Chieftain" through High Speed Train to London, now operated by the National Express franchise.

Taken 04/09/08 © Copyright OLU and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Raigmore Hospital

The present hospital was opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1970.
More information on the NHS Highland (Raigmore Hospital) website.

Taken 09/04/09 © Copyright Richard Dorrell and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

St Andrew's Cathedral

Centre of the Diocese of Moray, sited on the west bank of the Ness, and seen here from Inverness Castle. Visit the Cathedral website.

Taken 06/07/08 © Copyright Colin Smith and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Tomnahurich Cemetery

Tomnahurich Hill - which means hill of the yews, or hill of the fairies, is a large rounded tree covered hill on the outskirts of Inverness and has been used during the 19th and 20th centuries as a cemetery.

Taken 03/11/06 © Copyright Derek Brown and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Blackpark

Blackpark is a pleasantly isolated community, but with easy access to Inverness city and fine views northwards across the Beauly Firth.

Taken 20/03/07 © Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Clachnaharry

The sea lock at the very end of the Caledonian Canal

Taken 22/05/07 © Copyright Steve Edge and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Inverness Harbour 1995

The Kessock Bridge is in the background. The now scrapped steam suction dredger Robert Weir is also in the frame.

Taken 12/04/95 © Copyright Chris Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

South Kessock Pier

This lonely slipway was a hive of activity before 1982 as the sole sea crossing between Inverness and the Black Isle prior to the Kessock Bridge opening.

Taken 25/08/08 © Copyright Alasdair MacNeill and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Kessock Bridge

This 1,056 metre long bridge over the estuary of the River Ness is the only cable stay bridge in Britain.
It carries the A9, linking the body of the Highlands to the north and west and replacing the ferries which, in one form or another, provided crossing since as early as 1400.
Construction began on the bridge in 1976 and the bridge was completed and opened in 1982.
Kessock Bridge is of German design and was built at a cost of £33m to withstand winds of up to 99mph and possible earthquake.
The 64 cables of spiral strand steel are suspended from two sets of hollow steel towers, containing stairways, and rising 43.7yd above the deck.
The steel piles which support the piers in water some 13yd deep are themselves driven 65.6yd into the seabed.

Taken 21/04/08 © Copyright Paul Anderson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Ness Viaduct

Taken from Anderson Street on the west side of the river, this is the new bridge provided in the early 1990s when the previous bridge collapsed in spectacular fashion, its piers having been undermined by scouring of the river bed during periods of flood. A number of trains were stranded on the suddenly isolated Far North and Kyle of Lochalsh lines. Note the line of turbulence close to the bridge as the incoming tide meets the outflow from Loch Ness coming down the river.

Taken 28/09/07 © Copyright A-M-Jervis and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Inverness Castle

From the banks of the River Ness.

Taken 30/06/06 © Copyright Danny Robinson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.