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Walk Inverness in 1560

AI rebuilds Inverness street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.

Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk

The Burgh at the Ness, 1560

Inverness in 1560 is a compact Highland royal burgh where the mountainous hinterland meets the Moray Firth. The walk moves from the river mouth and quays, along the timber bridge into the narrow market streets and up to the castle and the Old High Church, passing hides, hemp, salmon and droves of cattle from the glens.

33 scenes — 21 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Inverness as it stood in 1560 (“Inverness”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. Mouth of the River Ness
  2. 2. Town Quay
  3. ↳ Quay Warehouse Ground Floor · interior
  4. 3. Salmon Curing Sheds
  5. ↳ Salt Curing Room · interior
  6. 4. Hemp and Hide Yards
  7. ↳ Tannery Loft and Drying Room · interior
  8. 5. Merchant's Hall Yard
  9. ↳ Merchant Hall Chamber · interior
  10. 6. Ness-side Boatyard
  11. ↳ Boatwright's Workshop · interior
  12. 7. Timber Bridge over the Ness
  13. 8. Bridge Street
  14. ↳ Inn Common Room · interior
  15. 9. Mercat Cross (Clach na Cudainn)
  16. 10. Tolbooth
  17. ↳ Tolbooth Council Chamber · interior
  18. 11. High Street
  19. ↳ Weaver's Loft and Looms · interior
  20. 12. Cattle Market
  21. ↳ Market Shambles Stall · interior
  22. 13. Dominican Friary Graveyard
  23. ↳ Friary Refectory Hall · interior
  24. 14. Old High Church
  25. ↳ Old High Church Nave · interior
  26. 15. Churchyard and Mound
  27. 16. Castlehill
  28. 17. Inverness Castle
  29. ↳ Castle Great Hall · interior
  30. 18. Castle Bastion View
  31. 19. Castle Wynd
  32. 20. Rathad Mòr an Rìgh
  33. 21. Craig Phadrig Ridge