Inverness Castle

Inverness Castle is right in the heart of Inverness city over looking the River Ness, anyone visiting Inverness will see it dominating the River Ness which is has guarded for centries. Today it is the Court house and is not open to the public.

As Inverness is the highland capital and the highland clans were notorius for their warlike character, you would explect there to to be a number of castles in addition to Inverness Castle in the area and you will not be disappointed.

This page provides you details on the castles around Inverness, so take your time and decide which ones you would like to visit, adding each to "Your Trip" planner rember you can not visit Inverness Castle as it is not open to the public.

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Cawdor Castle Inverness Things to Do

Cawdor Castle

The Highland's only 5-Star Visitor Attraction, built in 1380, stunning interior, beautiful gardens, shops, café, snack bar and 9-hole golf course.

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Fort Augustus an Inverness Attraction

Fort Augustus

Fort Augustus at the bottom end of Loch Ness, exactly mid-way along the Great Glen, has a 5 locks taking boats from Loch Ness up into the canal above.

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Corrimony Cairn an Inverness Attraction

Corrimony Chambered Cairn

Built 4,000 years ago by neolithic farmers for collective burials - the first people to domesticate animals, till the land and clear the forests.

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Beauly Priory an Inverness Attraction

Beauly Priory Ruin

Beauly Priory founded in 1230, became a Cistercian home about 1510. The North transept rebuilt in 1901 as a mausoleum for the Mackenzie Family.

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Alexander MacKenzie grave an Inverness Attraction

Sir Alexander MacKenzie

The first European to cross North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, he discovered and charted Canada’s longest river 2,500 miles.

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Fortrose Cathedral an Inverness Attraction

Fortrose Cathedral

13th century Cathedral at Fortrose, today two sections still stand, the chapter house and the nave's south aisle, maintained by Historic Scotland.

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Brodie Castle Inverness Things to Do

Brodie Castle

Brodie Castle is a fine 16th-century tower house, central keep with two 5-storey towers, guardroom and secret passages to help the occupants escape.

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Waudlaw Mausoleum an Inverness Attraction

Wardlaw Mausoleum

Built in 1634, it is the burial place of at least four Lovat or Fraser clan chiefs on a commanding site overlooking the mouth of the River Beauly.

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