Inverness Harbour, Eastern Breakwater | Canmore

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Breakwater (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Inverness Harbour, Eastern Breakwater

Classification Breakwater (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) River Ness

Canmore ID 280003

Site Number NH64NE 129.11

NGR NH 66032 46925

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/280003

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Oblique aerial view of the harbour centred on the breakwater, beacon and quay, taken from the NNE.

DP 024641

Oblique aerial view of the harbour centred on the breakwater, beacon and quay, taken from the NNE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

3/4/2007

© Crown Copyright: HES

General oblique aerial view centred on the railway viaduct and shipyard with the harbour and road bridge adjacent, taken from the S.

DP 024648

General oblique aerial view centred on the railway viaduct and shipyard with the harbour and road bridge adjacent, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

3/4/2007

© Crown Copyright: HES

General oblique aerial view centred on the shipyard and harbour, taken from the SE.

DP 024649

General oblique aerial view centred on the shipyard and harbour, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

3/4/2007

© Crown Copyright: HES

Oblique aerial view of the harbour centred on the breakwater, beacon and quay, taken from the NW.

DP 024643

Oblique aerial view of the harbour centred on the breakwater, beacon and quay, taken from the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

3/4/2007

© Crown Copyright: HES

General oblique aerial view centred on the railway viaduct and shipyard with the harbour and road bridge adjacent, taken from the SSW.

DP 024647

General oblique aerial view centred on the railway viaduct and shipyard with the harbour and road bridge adjacent, taken from the SSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

3/4/2007

© Crown Copyright: HES

General oblique aerial view centred on the shipyard and harbour, taken from the ESE.

DP 024650

General oblique aerial view centred on the shipyard and harbour, taken from the ESE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

3/4/2007

© Crown Copyright: HES

Oblique aerial view of the harbour centred on the breakwater, beacon and quay, taken from the WNW.

DP 024645

Oblique aerial view of the harbour centred on the breakwater, beacon and quay, taken from the WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

3/4/2007

© Crown Copyright: HES

Aerial view of South Kessock, and Inverness Harbour, Inverness, looking SSE.

SC 1967736

Aerial view of South Kessock, and Inverness Harbour, Inverness, looking SSE.

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

4/2009

© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

Aerial view of mouth of the River Ness and Inverness Harbour, looking SSE.

SC 1967737

Aerial view of mouth of the River Ness and Inverness Harbour, looking SSE.

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

4/2009

© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

Oblique aerial view of the harbour centred on the breakwater, beacon and quay, taken from the NNE.

General oblique aerial view centred on the railway viaduct and shipyard with the harbour and road bridge adjacent, taken from the S.

General oblique aerial view centred on the shipyard and harbour, taken from the SE.

Oblique aerial view of the harbour centred on the breakwater, beacon and quay, taken from the NW.

General oblique aerial view centred on the railway viaduct and shipyard with the harbour and road bridge adjacent, taken from the SSW.

General oblique aerial view centred on the shipyard and harbour, taken from the ESE.

Oblique aerial view of the harbour centred on the breakwater, beacon and quay, taken from the WNW.

Aerial view of South Kessock, and Inverness Harbour, Inverness, looking SSE.

Aerial view of mouth of the River Ness and Inverness Harbour, looking SSE.

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Administrative Areas

Council Highland
Parish Inverness And Bona
Former Region Highland
Former District Inverness
Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH64NE 129.11 66032 46295

The location assigned to this record defines the N extremity of the breakwater. The S limit is ill-defined, but it appears to extend from NH 66032 46295 to NH c. 66182 46897.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 March 2006.

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