Fabrication Yard (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Nigg, Fabrication Yard
Classification Fabrication Yard (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Nigg Sands; Cromary Firth; Firth Of Cromarty
Canmore ID 288768
Site Number NH76NE 314
NGR NH 7914 6946
NGR Description Centred NH 7914 6946
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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DP 024698
General oblique aerial view centred on the town, oil pipeline terminal and fabrication yard, taken from the S.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/4/2007
© Crown Copyright: HES

DP 024702
Oblique aerial view centred on the oil pipeline terminal and fabrication yard, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/4/2007
© Crown Copyright: HES

DP 093594
Oblique aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, looking NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
24/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES

SC 1865106
Aerial view of Oil Terminal and Fabrication Yard, Nigg, looking N.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1994
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340817
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Beauly Firth, looking NNE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1/4/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340873
Aerial view of Nigg oil Terminal and Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking NE across Easter Ross.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/5/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340994
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking SW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/1/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 342955
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking SW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
4/10/2012
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 342957
Aerial view of the Nigg Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking S.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
4/10/2012
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 343263
Aerial view of Cromarty House, Cromarty, Nigg and Nigg Bay, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
18/6/2014
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 164112
General oblique aerial view of Nigg fabrication yard and oil terminal, looking ENE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
17/7/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES

DP 281872
Oblique aerial view.
Historic Environment Scotland
19/7/2018
© Copyright: HES

SC 1896614
Aerial view of Nigg fabrication yard, Cromarty Firth, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1998
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1909858
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard & Graving Dock, Cromarty Firth, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
2002
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 342254
Distant aerial view of Cromarty Firth, looking N.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
24/10/2010
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 342954
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking SW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
4/10/2012
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 093595
Oblique aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, looking NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
24/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES

DP 093597
Oblique aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard with Cromarty beyond, looking S.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
24/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES

SC 1867203
Aerial view of Cromarty and Nigg, Cromarty Firth, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1996
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1867226
Oblique aerial view of the north end of the Cromarty Firth, Ross-shire, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1997
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1896613
Aerial view of Nigg fabrication yard, Cromarty Firth, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1998
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340877
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard Graving Dock, Cromarty Firth, looking SE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/5/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340878
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard Graving Dock, Cromarty Firth, looking S.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/5/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340880
Aerial view of Nigg oil Terminal and Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking WNW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/5/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340993
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking SW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/1/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 342235
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Tarbat peninsula, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
26/9/2010
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 342236
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Tarbat peninsula, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
26/9/2010
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 342237
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Tarbat peninsula, looking NNE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
26/9/2010
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 342945
Aerial view of Cromarty and the Fabrication Yard at Nigg, Cromarty Firth, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
4/10/2012
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 343262
Aerial view of Cromarty Mains Farm, Cromarty House and Cromarty Burgh, looking NNW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
18/6/2014
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1896620
Aerial view of Cromarty and Nigg, Cromarty Firth, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1998
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1967716
Aerial view of Nigg Oil Terminal, Cromarty Firth, with tankers unloading fuel, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
4/2009
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340992
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking SW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/1/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340995
Aerial view of Nigg Ferry and part of Fabrication Yard, looking SW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/1/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 341505
An oblique aerial view of tanker at pier at Nigg Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
3/8/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 342274
Aerial view of Nigg fabrication yard, Cromarty Firth, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
6/11/2010
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 343678
Oblique aerial view of the North and South Sutors at the mouth of the Cromarty Firth, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
18/7/2018
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 191686
Oblique aerial view of the Nigg Oil Terminal, looking N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
18/6/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES

SC 1867004
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Easter Ross, looking S.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1996
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1867202
Aerial view of Cromarty and Nigg, Cromarty Firth, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1996
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1906914
Oblique aerial view down the Cromarty Firth to the North Sutor and Sutors of Cromarty, looking SE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
2000
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 341326
General oblique aerial view of the Cromarty Firth from the North Sutor, looking SW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
18/5/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 341747
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard and Oil Terminal, Cromarty Firth, looking N.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
31/5/2009
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 341901
An oblique aerial view of the Sutors of Cromarty and Cromarty Firth, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
17/1/2010
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 342953
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard and Oil Terminal, Cromarty Firth, looking W.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
4/10/2012
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 024699
General oblique aerial view centred on the town, oil pipeline terminal and fabrication yard, taken from the SSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
3/4/2007
© Crown Copyright: HES

DP 164058
General oblique aerial view of Nigg fabrication yard, looking SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
17/7/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES

DP 191687
Oblique aerial view of the Nigg Oil Terminal, looking N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
18/6/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES

SC 1867005
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Easter Ross, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1996
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1867224
Oblique aerial view of terminal at Nigg in the Cromarty Firth, Ross-shire, looking S.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1997
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1896442
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard & Nigg Ferry, Cromarty Firth, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1998
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1896750
Aerial view of Nigg, Cromarty Firth, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1998
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1967268
Aerial view of Nigg yard and Oil Storage tanks with Nigg Bay, Cromarty Firth, looking WNW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
7/1985
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340879
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking SSW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/5/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340887
Aerial view of Nigg Oil Terminal and Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking NW across Nigg Bay.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/5/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 342956
Aerial view of eastern end of the Cromarty Firth, looking S.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
4/10/2012
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 164057
Oblique aerial view of Nigg fabrication yard, looking SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
17/7/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES

DP 164111
General oblique aerial view of Nigg fabrication yard and oil terminal, looking ENE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
17/7/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES

DP 164113
General oblique aerial view of Nigg fabrication yard and oil terminal, looking ENE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
17/7/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES

SC 1590138
General view of Nigg fabrication yard and oil rigs in the Cromarty Firth
Papers of Professor Geraint Dyfed Barri Jones, archaeologist, Manchester, England
c. 1991
© Courtesy of HES (G D B Jones Collection)

SC 1896621
Aerial view of Cromarty and Nigg, Cromarty Firth, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1998
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1944859
Oblique aerial view of Nigg Oil Terminal, looking SE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
28/1/1998
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340872
Aerial view of Nigg oil Terminal and Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking NE across Easter Ross.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/5/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 340977
General aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard, Cromarty Firth, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
21/10/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

SC 1909859
Aerial view of Nigg Fabrication Yard & Graving Dock, Cromarty Firth, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
2002
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 341898
An oblique aerial view of the Cromarty Firth, looking W.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
17/1/2010
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.

DP 341900
An oblique aerial view of the Sutors of Cromarty and Cromarty Firth, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
17/1/2010
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.



































































- Council Highland
- Parish Nigg (Ross And Cromarty)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH76NE 314 centred 7914 6946

