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Castle
Inverness Castle
Red sandstone castle above the River Ness, completed in 1836 on a site fortified since 1057, now a Highland heritage visitor attraction.
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Inverness & Loch Ness: things to do
Places worth your time in Inverness & Loch Ness
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Things to do in Inverness & Loch Ness
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Museum
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Museum and gallery on Castle Wynd, managed by High Life Highland on behalf of Highland Council.
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Cathedral
Inverness Cathedral
Scottish Episcopal cathedral dedicated to St Andrew, built between 1866 and 1869 beside the River Ness.
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Riverside park
Ness Islands
Wooded islands in the River Ness, joined by two suspension bridges from 1853 and 1854 that replaced those lost in a flood.
Theatre and cinema
Eden Court
Theatre, cinema and arts venue beside the River Ness, with a restaurant and bar.
Battlefield
Culloden Battlefield
Moor east of Inverness where a Jacobite army was defeated on 16 April 1746, ending the 1745 rising.
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Prehistoric site
Clava Cairns
Group of prehistoric burial cairns and standing stones at Balnuaran of Clava, close to Culloden Battlefield.
Fortress
Fort George
Large 18th-century fortress near Ardersier, built after the 1745 rising. It has never been attacked and is still a garrison.
Castle
Cawdor Castle
Castle built around a 15th-century tower house near Nairn, still owned by the Campbell family.
Ruined priory
Beauly Priory
Ruined priory at Beauly, probably founded in 1230 by French Valliscaulian monks, in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.
Ruined castle
Urquhart Castle
Ruined castle beside Loch Ness on the A82, about 21 km south-west of Inverness and 2 km east of Drumnadrochit.
Museum
Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition
Exhibition at Drumnadrochit on the story of Loch Ness, in the village where the 1933 sighting reports began.
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Waterfall
Falls of Foyers
Two waterfalls on the River Foyers, with drops of about 14 m and 30 m, on the south-east shore of Loch Ness.
Village
Fort Augustus
Village at the south-west end of Loch Ness, where the Caledonian Canal meets the loch.
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The Cairngorms: Aviemore & Grantown-on-Spey
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- Inverness & Loch Ness (area photo): dave conner from Inverness, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, source
- Inverness Castle: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Inverness Museum and Art Gallery: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Inverness Cathedral: Lucas Kendall, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ness Islands: Alpin Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Eden Court: John Lord from Edinburgh, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, source
- Culloden Battlefield: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Clava Cairns: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fort George: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cawdor Castle: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Beauly Priory: Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Urquhart Castle: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Falls of Foyers: User:Zenit, CC BY 2.0, source
- Fort Augustus: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fort William, Glencoe & Ben Nevis: Viewfinder at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Isle of Skye: Portree & Dunvegan: Lauwz The Kiwistralian, CC0, source
- The Cairngorms: Aviemore & Grantown-on-Spey: dave conner, CC BY 2.0, source
- Oban, Argyll & the Mull ferry: Mike Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Black Isle & Easter Ross: Vcarceler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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