Culloden House Hotel

A Georgian mansion built 1772-83, with a central block flanked by two lower wings.

Taken 3/10/04 © Copyright Stanley Howe and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Kirkhill Mausoleum

The Mausoleum of the Frasers of Lovat. Motto "Je Suis Pret"

Taken 30/10/04 © Copyright Dave Napier and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Kirkhill Village

Looking east along the main street.

Taken 11/11/06 © Copyright Dave Ferguson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Road Through Englishton Muir Wood

A lovely mixed woodland.

Taken 11/11/06 © Copyright Dave Ferguson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Dochfour Business Centre

Formerly Dochfour farm. Converted into business centre between 2000 and 2005. Located close to Dochfour House.

Taken October 2004 © Copyright Ivor MacKenzie and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Inner Moray Firth Shoreline

Kessock Bridge can be seen in the background.

Taken 18/09/05 © Copyright Ivor MacKenzie and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

UHI Millennium Institute

The Executive Offices of the University of the Highlands and Islands is housed in this building on the banks of the River Ness. The building was formerly part of the Royal Northern Infirmary.

Taken 27/05/08 © Copyright John Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Alton House

Alton House on Ballifeary Road is home to Comann na Camanachd, the camanachd (shinty) association.

Taken 15/07/08 © Copyright John Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Inverness Public Library

Built as Bell's Institution in 1841, it was one of several such schools in Scottish Burghs, founded under the will of Dr Andrew Bell. The building was designed by the architect William Robertson in Greek Revival style. It ceased to be a school in 1937, and became Inverness Public Library in 1980.

Taken 06/02/08 © Copyright OLU and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Woolworths

As in the rest of the UK, this branch is closed.

Taken 01/05/09 © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Abertarff House

Built in 1593, this is one of the oldest houses in the town and is located on Church Street. It is a fine example of domestic architecture of the 16th and 17th centuries and is the only house in the burgh containing a turnpike staircase.

Originally the town house of Colonel Archibald Fraser of Beaufort and Abertarff, (son of Lord Lovat of the '45 rebellion), it remained Fraser property until the mid-nineteenth century when it was acquired by the National Commercial Bank of Scotland who remained the owner for about 100 years. It was fully restored by the National Trust for Scotland in 1966 and was their regional headquarters until their recent move to Balnain House in Huntly Street.

Taken 01/05/09 © Copyright Kenneth Allen and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

St Mary's Well, Culloden

This "Clootie" well is the object of an annual 'pilgrimage'. Behind the spring enclosure, are the remains of a pool and evidence of piping giving the impression that water from the spring was once used for bathing.

Taken 09/10/06 © Copyright Jim Thomson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Drumossie Hotel

This hotel is a short distance from Inverness on the old A9, the main route south. Now bypassed by the new A9

Taken 21/04/06 © Copyright David Greenhalgh and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

River Ness

Looking upstream from near the Cathedral.

Taken 06/06/06 © Copyright Dr Richard Murray and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Dawn in Inverness

I recall arriving in Inverness on the overnight train from Edinburgh around 5am. Nothing was open. As dawn broke I took this photograph from the footbridge over the river Ness. The full moon was still in the sky.

Taken June 1966 © Copyright Gerald England and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Carved Park Bench

This beautifully carved bench now overlooks the kids' play area in MacDonald Park. A really pleasant place to sit, and I hope it survives any less favourable attention from the local neds.

Taken 22/04/09 © Copyright Alasdair MacNeill and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Down the Stairs

Looking down from the top of the Muirtown Locks towards the swing bridge and basin.

Taken 22/04/09 © Copyright Alasdair MacNeill and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

The Old Fort in Craig Phadrig Woods

The south west corner of the old fort in Craig Phadrig Woods.

Taken 06/04/07 © Copyright David Johnston and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Craig Dunain Burial Ground

This small burial ground is at the rear of Craig Dunain Hospital. There is only one recognisable headstone inside the burial ground. The area was cleared by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders a few years ago and this memorial erected to Colour Sergeant James Munro VC who won his medal at the Lucknow and was buried somewhere nearby in a pauper's grave.

Taken 2nd September 2005 © Copyright J M Briscoe and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Caledonian Canal

North of Dochgarroch, the extended height pylons lift the cables to allow yachts and ships up to 35m tall to pass along the canal.

Taken 30/06/07 © Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Borlum

Flooded ground near the River Ness at Borlum.

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

Track Below Drumashie Moor

Junction of forestry tracks below Drumashie Moor. Track to left goes down to Midtown Farm.

Taken 18/05/08 © Copyright Donald Noble and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Inverness Rowing Club

The club's building and landing stages are on the west bank of the canal. Seen here from the towpath on the east bank.

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

Caledonian Stadium

Football ground, home to Inverness Caledonian Thistle since shortly after their rather acrimonious foundation by amalgamating Inverness Thistle and Inverness Caledonian. While currently bottom of the SPL the long overdue arrival of league football in Inverness has been a great success. Well done to whoever put the main stand on the east side of the pitch. Best to get out of those nasty easterlies, especially as spectators are forced to sit in the cold now. View from a layby on the A9.

Taken 10/06/08 © Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Meikle Mee Navigation Bouy

The Meikle Mee is a Lateral Navigation Buoy marking the channel into and out of Inverness. The Kessock Bridge can be seen in the background. Ships have to pass under the bridge to get to Inverness. Navigators will find the buoy at 57deg 30.268min North, 004deg 12.016min West, on their charts or GPS. Note the strong tide running shortly after High Water.

Taken 07/03/09 © Copyright George Brown and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Smithton Free Church

The Free Church of Scotland, Smithton-Culloden. Its slogan is "The Church at the heart of the community, with the community at its heart."

Taken 20/02/07 © Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Moray Firth from Westhill

The countryside around Inverness is fast becoming built-up, and the photo looks north-west over some recently-built houses. This area, near Culloden, is now more or less a suburb of Inverness, sought-after for its views over the Moray Firth and beyond to Ben Wyvis.

Taken 30/07/06 © Copyright Eileen Henderson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Isolated Scots Pine

Isolated Scots pine in fields between Culloden wood and Culloden battlefield
Hard frost, freezing fog and extremely still conditions for three or four days over Christmas '08 led to spectacular frost crystal build up on grass, trees etc. When Inverness was shrouded in fog, conditions were beautiful up on the moor.

Taken 29/12/08 © Copyright Donald MacNeill and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Brecknish from Allanfearn

Reflections in the Beauly Firth on Christmas morning. The picturesque siting of the houses conceals a sand and gravel pit on Alturlie Point beyond them.

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

Cumberland's Stone

Near to the field of the Battle of Culloden (1746) lies this five foot high conglomerate glacial erratic boulder from which the Duke of Cumberland is said, probably wrongly, to have watched the fight. The stone had its wording carved into it by a local man in 1881.

Taken 04/04/07 © Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

The Well of the Dead

The commander of the Clan Chattan regiment, Alasdair MacGillivray of Dunmaglass, and many other Jacobite soldiers died here after engaging the left wing of the Hanoverian army.

Taken 04/04/07 © Copyright Euan Nelson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.