Aerial view of Beechwood Farm development for new University Campus, Inverness, looking S.

Description Aerial view of Beechwood Farm development for new University Campus, Inverness, looking S.

Date 4/10/2012

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

Catalogue Number DP 342891

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content This is a wide view focussing on Beechwood Farm which was built in the C19 and raised bulls for breeding purposes. In 2010 it was identified as the ideal site for the new UHI campus. This was opened in 2015. At bottom left is Inverness Retail and Business Park established in 1996. Investigation ahead of both these developments identified prehistoric remains. Stoneyfield is at bottom right. Stoneyfield House was built in 1780 as a smallholding and the Coach House was sold off in the early C20 and became a popular eating place. At centre right is Beechwood Business Park and Raigmore Hospital. Towards top right is Inshes Retail Park and Simpson's Garden centre is on the left. The A9 runs from top left to centre right. Raigmore Hospital opened in 1941. Upgrades resulted in a new general hospital being established with Phase 1 incorporating the Outpatients Department, laboratories, pharmacy and records in 1971. Phase 2 was opened in 1985, providing wards to replace the old blocks. A maternity unit was built on the site of the original wards in 1988. Inshes Retail Park was developed in the late 1990s. Simpson's Garden centre was established in Beauly in the 1930s, but moved to the Victorian Market in Inverness in 2001 before relocating to its present position. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).

Accession Number 2020/58

External Reference D2702

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2108065

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