Aerial view of South Kessock and Merkinch, Inverness, looking NW.

Description Aerial view of South Kessock and Merkinch, Inverness, looking NW.

Date 1996

Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 1867197

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content This is a close view of South Kessock and Merkinch in Inverness. The Kessock Ferry operated between South Kessock and North Kessock on the Black Isle from the C15 at least till the opening of the Bridge in 1982 and the South Kessock pier can be seen at very top of photo. Clachnacuddin Football Pitch is in the centre and to its left is Merkinch Primary School, opened in 1877. The railway viaduct, Black Bridge and Friar's Bridge are at the bottom of the picture. The viaduct was opened in 1990 to replace the Mitchell bridge which was swept away in a storm in 1989. The Black Bridge (more correctly the Waterloo Bridge) was the name given to the original crossing at this point - a wooden bridge built in 1808. It was replaced by this more permanent structure in 1895-96. The Friar's Bridge at L was opened in 1986. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).

Accession Number 2019/15

External Reference P10542

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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap