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The Old High Church is the original Parish Church of Inverness.

There has been a church on this site for 900 years and the site may also have been the location for the first church in Inverness following St columba's preaching from (probably) this spot in 566.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden (April 1746) the church was used to house Jacobite prisoners, and those sentended to death were executed in the graveyard.

The "bottom end" of Church Street in Inverness is a quieter part of the Town (City) Centre these days, and yet it contains some really old and beautiful buildings which really should attract more visitors. Grouped closely together between Church Street and Bank Street (River Ness) are the Dunbar Hospital, Old High Church and the Free North Church. At the top end of Church Lane is the Dunbar Hospital, alongside the lane (its graveyard running the length of the lane) is the Old High Church of Scotland, and at the foot of the lane facing the Greig Street footbridge over the River Ness is the Free North Church of the Free Church of Scotland.

Chanonry Lighthouse, originally a 'one-man station', is situated on the Black Isle, south of Rosemarkie, as the moray Firth narrows between Chanonry Point and Fort George. The establishment of a light on Chanonry Point was first proposed in 1834 and again in 1837 by the Commissioners' Engineer, Alan Stevenson, but it was not until 1843 that the motion to erect such a lighthouse was approved by the Commissioners. In May 1843 the Commissioners made representations to Trinity House who duly approved the proposed seamark in July 1843.

The cost of building the lighthouse and lightkeepers' dwellings was £3,570 and the light was first exhibited on the night of 15 May 1846.

When the station was manned, the lightkeeper, in addition to his normal lightkeeping duties, was the "Observer" of Munlochy Shoal, Middle Bank East, Craigmee, Riff Bank East and Navitty Bank Lighted buoys.

The station was automated in 1984 and is now remotely monitored from the Northern Lighthouse Board’s offices in Edinburgh.

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Wade. A military road, crossing the River Fechlin, linking Fort Augustus

The Band entertains and welcomes the arriving guests and delegates outside Eden Court Theatre.

PART 2: TODAY (Saturday 14th May 2016) the Band was privileged to be invited to participate in two very different but both special events in the City of Inverness.

The second was at Eden Court Theatre, at the Salvation Army Congress. The Band began by playing outside the Theatre to welcome and entertain the many invited guests and delegates attending the Congress.

Afterwards, the Band then went on stage and played the Salvation Army's International Leader, General André Cox and wife Commissioner Silvia Cox, into the Congress.

The Band was pleased to field a Band of 22 (15 pipers, 6 drummers and Alan Hasson again standing in superbly as Drum Major).

On stage, we were constricted by available space and could only squeeze in 8 pipers, 4 drummers and of course the Drum Major to give the salute.

The beautiful fairytale Castle, overlooking Loch Ness, where the Band was recording video for our forthcoming DVD.

Northern Constabulary Community Pipe Band <a href="http://www.norconpipeband.co.uk" rel="nofollow">www.norconpipeband.co.uk</a> is most grateful to Aldourie Castle Estate and Mr Roger Tempest for allowing us to use the Castle and Estate for filming. It is truly an idyllic and tranquil setting. "Nestling on the quiet southern shore of the famous Loch Ness, close to the City of Inverness, the capital of the Scottish Highlands, Aldourie Castle Estate offers you a rare taste of Highland living at its best."

This is all that remains of a very pretty and historic City Centre street, the rest of Bridge Street having been demolished in the 1960's and replaced by "lego" buildings.

The Steeple was part of the Tolbooth (Prison) built at the end of the 18th century, and the remainder of the building you can see was originally the Courthouse built at the start of the 19th century.

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• derivative work: Alphathon™ (talk)
• derivative work: Alphathon™ (talk)