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Aerial view of eastern end of the Cromarty Firth, looking S.
DP 342956
Description Aerial view of eastern end of the Cromarty Firth, looking S.
Date 4/10/2012
Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
Catalogue Number DP 342956
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content This view demonstrates the narrow entrance to the Cromarty Firth which helped make it such a safe anchorage for the Royal Navy during the two world wars. The Fabrication Yard at Nigg was opened in 1972 and had one of the largest dry docks in Europe for the construction of North Sea oil platforms. There are the remains of saltings in the dry dock. The pier on the left is used by the Nigg Ferry which crosses to Cromarty during the summer months. This crossing is of historic importance as part of the pilgrimage route to Tain. Cromarty and the rich farmland of the Black Isle are on the other side of the narrows. Cromarty became a Royal Burgh in the C13 and many of the buildings are of historical significance though this view is too distant to make out any specific sites. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).
Accession Number 2020/58
External Reference D2782
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2108148
File Format (JPG) JPEG bitmap
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