Ardersier, Oil Rig Construction Yard
Platform Fabrication Yard (Modern)
Site Name Ardersier, Oil Rig Construction Yard
Classification Platform Fabrication Yard (Modern)
Canmore ID 75252
Site Number NH85NW 17
NGR NH 808 578
NGR Description Centred NH 808 578
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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DP 012818
Elevated view from E of Project Offices at the SE end of the yard.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012822
View of weighbridge at main entrance to yard.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012836
View from SSE along SE side of Pipe Mill buildings.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012838
View from W along the SW side of the Pipe Mill buildings.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012839
View of fenced compound adjacent to Fabrication Shop.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012866
Interior. Detail of project notice board within Deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012877
View from E of SE and NE (open) side of Deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012883
View from SW across from the yard to the Whiteness Spit.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012890
View from W of NW and SW sides of Deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 340868
Aerial view of Ardersier, site of former oil rig construction yard, E of Inverness, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/5/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 342502
Aerial view of Ardersier, Whiteness Point and the Moray Firth, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
3/7/2011
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 342557
Aerial view of the Moray Firth and Carse of Ardersier, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
28/1/2012
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 012804
General view of yard from SSE, with the approach road stretching out in the foreground, and the Moray Firth and Black Isle in the background.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012805
Distant general view of yard from SE, with the approach road stretching out in the foreground, and the Moray Firth and Black Isle in the background.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012811
View from SE at main entrance, showing Pipe Mill buildings.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012820
View of the Pipe Mill buildings from SSE.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012832
View from S of Pipe Mill buildings.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012835
View from S of SE end of Pipe Mill buildings.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012844
View from E of sub-station and water treatment facilities on SW side of the yard.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012848
View from SE of open bay of Fabrication building to SE side of Deck Assembly building (possibly paint shop).
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23/8/2006
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DP 012852
View along SW side of building to SE side of Deck Assembly building (possibly Paint Shop).
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23/8/2006
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DP 012857
View from S of High-level Warehouse (centre left) with the Deck Assembly building to rear.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012861
Interior. View from E within Deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012874
Interior. View from SW along central bay, looking towards open side of Deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012879
View from E along (open) side of Deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012892
View from S of Paint Hangar (?), and nearby offices (to the NW of the Deck Assemby building).
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23/8/2006
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DP 012894
View from N towards Paint Store on SW edge of yard.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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SC 1675892
Aerial view of construction yard
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1991
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 340869
Aerial view of Ardersier, site of former oil rig construction yard, E of Inverness, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/5/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 341243
Aerial view of Ardersier fabrication yard, Whiteness Point and the Moray coast, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
16/3/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 343338
Aerial view of Fort George and Ardersier, E of Inverness, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
18/6/2014
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 012808
Distant general view of yard from SE, with the approach road stretching out in the foreground, and the Moray Firth and Black Isle in the background.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012812
General view from SE at approach to main entrance with Pipe Mill buildings beyond.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012823
General view of yard from E, with Pipe Mill buildings.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012840
View from E of NE side of Fabrication Shop.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012850
View from S of open bay of Fabrication building to SE side of Deck Assembly building (possibly paint shop).
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23/8/2006
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DP 012860
View from W towards SW side of Pipe Mill buildings.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012875
Interior. View from SW along central bay, looking along floor towards open side of deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012876
View from NW along foundation of Pipe Handling area with Fabrication Shops and Pipe Mill buildings beyond.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012882
General view from NE of former NE spoolbase storage racks.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012886
View from SSW of reamins slipways (mostly filled), at the N end of the yard.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012897
Interior. View from NW within Pipe Mill building, showing pit exposed by removal of large-scale plant.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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SC 1656430
Oblique aerial view
Papers of Professor Geraint Dyfed Barri Jones, archaeologist, Manchester, England
© Courtesy of HES (G D B Jones Collection)
DP 341321
An oblique aerial view of the former Ardersier Oil Rig Construction Yard and Whiteness Head, near Nairn, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
18/5/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 341337
Oblique aerial view over Ardersier fabrication site with Whiteness point and in the foreground the Carse of Ardersier, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
19/5/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 341410
An oblique aerial view of Ardersier fabrication yard, E of Inverness, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
19/5/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 341902
An oblique aerial view of Whiteness Head near Ardersier, Inverness, looking NNW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
17/1/2010
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 012806
Distant general view of yard from SE, with the approach road stretching out in the foreground, and the Moray Firth and Black Isle in the background.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012814
View from SE at approach to main entrance, with Pipe Mill buildings beyond, and 'Whiteness' sign in the foreground, the name of the Company who were about to re-develop the site.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012837
View of ancillary buildings at the edge of SW side of the yard.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012842
General view from NE of Shot Blasting building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012847
View from W of Shot-blast building, with Pipe Mill buildings beyond.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012856
View from S of Deck Assembly building (centre), with High-level Warehouse (left).
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23/8/2006
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DP 012859
View from S along SE side of Deck Assembly building (right) and Plate Warehouse (left), Ardersier Oil Rig Construction Yard.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012881
General view from NW of area of former slipways, with Deck Assembly building beyond.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012893
General view from SW towards former slipways.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012896
View of cast-concrete pieces to SW side of the Deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012902
View of Office building to W of Deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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SC 1675886
Aerial view of construction yard
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1991
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SC 1675889
Aerial view of construction yard
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1991
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1675891
Aerial view of construction yard
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1991
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 341076
Aerial view of Ardersier Oil Construction Yard at Whiteness, Nairn, looking N.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
6/2/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 341077
Close aerial view of Ardersier Oil Construction Yard at Whiteness, Nairn, looking N.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
6/2/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
SC 1005106
General oblique aerial view of the Ardersier oil rig construction yard with the Black Isle and Sutherland beyond, looking to the N.
Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland
21/7/1983
© Copyright: Ian Ralston. Courtesy of HES.
DP 012809
View from SE along access road to yard main entrance.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012816
View from SSW of blocks of Project Offices at the SE end of the yard.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012845
General view from SE of building to SE of Deck Assembly building (possibly paint shop).
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23/8/2006
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DP 012853
View from W of Fabrication Shops (left), Shot-blast building (centre) and NW end of Pipe Mill buildings.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012858
View from SE of Deck Assembly building (right), Plate Warehouse (centre) and High-level Warehouse (left). The latter contained a robot-operated record store for project drawings and other documentation.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012863
Interior. View from SE along open (NE) side of Deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012878
General view from E of SE and NE (open) side of Deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012891
Oblique view from W along SW side of Deck Assembly building, showing low bay (Plate pre-fabrication) and the High-level Warehouse. The low blue and white building is the yard centeen, the size of which shows the imeesity of Deck Assembly building beyond.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012895
View from W of Canteen, situated to the SW of the Deck Assembly building.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012901
Interior. Detailed view from NNW within Pipe Mill building, showing pit exposed by removal of large-scale plant.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 340866
Aerial view of Ardersier, site of former oil rig construction yard & rifle ranges, E of Inverness, looking NE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/5/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 341336
Oblique aerial view, looking NE over the Moray Firth and Ardersier fabrication site and Whiteness point.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
19/5/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 341409
An oblique aerial view of Ardersier fabrication yard, E of Inverness, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
19/5/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 342556
Aerial view of the Moray Firth and Carse of Ardersier, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
28/1/2012
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
SC 1005107
General oblique aerial view of the Ardersier oil rig construction yard with the Black Isle and Sutherland beyond, looking to the N.
Records of Aberdeen Aerial Surveys, Aberdeen, Scotland
21/7/1983
© Copyright: Ian Ralston. Courtesy of HES.
DP 012817
View from SSE of Main Offices, close to main entrance at SE end of yard.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012819
Elevated distant view of the Pipe Mill buildings from SSE.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012825
View from ESE along foundations of travelling crane in arera of former stockyard, with Pipe Mill buildigs in background.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012831
View from S of two-storeyed office block at S end of Pipe Mill building.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012834
View from SSE (obliquely), along SE side of Pipe Mill buildings.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012854
View from W of main Fabrication Shops (left), and Shot-blast building
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23/8/2006
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DP 012862
Interior. View from SE along open (NE) side of deck Assembly building.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012865
Interior. View from SE within Deck Assembly building.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012885
General view from E of former Spoolbase at N end of yard.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 048285
Oblique aerial view centred on the Ardersier Oil Rig Construction Yard under construction in 1973, taken from the SE.
Records of Aerofilms Ltd, aerial photographers, Bristol, England
1973
© Copyright: HES (Aerofilms Collection)
DP 092014
General oblique aerial view of Ardersier, looking to the SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
22/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1675890
Aerial view of construction yard
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1991
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 340867
Aerial view of Ardersier, site of former oil rig construction yard, E of Inverness, looking ENE.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
20/5/2007
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 341242
Aerial view of Ardersier fabrication yard, Whiteness Point and the Moray coast, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
16/3/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 341338
Oblique aerial view over Ardersier with Whiteness point and in the foreground the Carse of Ardersier, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
19/5/2008
© Copyright: NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES.
DP 012815
View from S of typical block of Project Offices, at the SE end of the yard.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012821
View from SE of Weighbridge House and Weighbridge, with Pipe Mill buildings beyond, at SE end of the yard.
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23/8/2006
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DP 012824
View from SE along foundations of travelling crane in area of former stockyard, with Pipe Mill buildings in background.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012826
View from E of NE side of Pipe Mill buildings.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012827
Detailed view from SE along SW side of Pipe Mill buildings.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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DP 012828
Detailed view of SE gable of Pipe Mill building, near the entrance to the yard.
RCAHMS digital photography
23/8/2006
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NH85NW 17 centred 808 578
J. Ray McDermott announced the closure of Ardersier Fabrication yard in 2002, following almost 30 years of activity at the site. At its peak, there were over 3,000 staff employed at Ardersier constructing offshore platforms for the oil industry.
