Oblique aerial view of Newhall Point area of Balblair, with Invergordon beyond, looking N.
DP 343673
Description Oblique aerial view of Newhall Point area of Balblair, with Invergordon beyond, looking N.
Date 18/7/2018
Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
Catalogue Number DP 343673
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content The image includes an icehouse, with its grass-covered curved roof, which is visible on the edge of the foreground settlement, to right of tractor in photo. To the right of the icehouse among trees, but not visible in image, are the sites of a chapel, burial ground and associated well. An anti-aircraft gun emplacement in the east-facing part of the village, and a nearby military establishment, were part of the wartime defences of the Invergordon naval base. A sand and shingle spit extends eastwards from Newhall Point, with a prominent stone mound towards the seaward end. The feature is variously interpreted as a crannog, stone mound, stake net fixing point, and fish trap. There appears to be a boat clearance cutting through the spit, but whether this is for a boat landing or as a channel for use at high tide is not apparent. See other entries for features at Invergordon. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).
Accession Number 2020/58
External Reference D3569
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