Work ⋆ Ross and Cromarty Heritage

Nigg and Shandwick Work

Attribution: Anne Gordon & Barbara Scott (Nigg Old Parish Church)

Work Photographs

We have been very fortunate to have received permission to show a large number of photographs covering the various work related activites that have taken place over the decades. We have shown only a very small sample on this page to whet your appetite. Please visit the photograph album at the bottom of this page for many more photographs relating to work activities.

Building

Workmen re-building Dunskaith House, c1906
l-r: ? Mackenzie, Donald (Danny) (father of Mr John Ross, Pleasant Cottage), ? Mackenzie, ? Mackenzie (joiner), ?, Andrew Ross (uncle of Miss Helen Macleod), Donald Munro (“Danny the Breach”).

Attribution: unknown

Agriculture

Photos of harvesting at Cullisse (no date).

Attribution: unknown

Construction of Fabrication Yard

Attribution: unknown

Oil Platform Construction

In the late 20th and very early 21st century the name “Nigg” is synonymous with that of the oil industry. The photos relating to this in the photo album illustrate the huge amount of work necessary to develop the area.

Attribution: unknown

Renewable Energy Construction

By the second decade of the 21st century focus turned to renewable energy production. Nigg has been at the forefront of the construction of wind, wave and tidal turbines.

Can You Help? Do you have any further information or photographs of some of the wind, wave or tidal turbines that have been produced at Nigg?

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Welcome to this collection of photographs from Nigg Parish. The originals are held by Mrs Liz Whiteford. The photographs were presented in three albums on the original RCHS website, but as the topics are similar in each album it has been decided to amalgamate them into related groups. All of the photographs can be viewed in the Nigg Libraries page of this website. However, we have included the work related photographs on this page.

Click on photo album to view thumbnails and then click thumbnail to see the full size images

Nigg » Nigg History » Nigg Features

Shandwick Stone c.1926.

Cromarty/Nigg ferry called "Enterprise", circa 1926.

Cromarty/Nigg ferry called "Enterprise", circa 1926. Taken from Nigg Pier

Cattle at Lower Bayfield.

Lower Bayfield, after improvements.

Nigg Old Church and Churchyard

Jasper Vass (Beadle) pointing to the Cholera Stone in Nigg Old Churchyard.

Arch at Nigg Beach, c1937

Nigg Pier, c 1937

Arabella and District Junior Agricultural Club - Constitution and Rules Card

Arabella and District Agricultural club Membership Card

Stretch limo 1930s.

Part of fortification, 1st W.W Camp below Castlecraig House

Part of fortification, 1st W.W Camp below Castlecraig House - June Walker (Geekie) and Godfather Graham. Soldier's outpost.

Woman's Guild Membership Card

Church of Scotland Woman's Guild - Members Card

CDA Competitor's Season Ticket belonging to Alex Mackay

The Bishop's Walk stretched from the shore up to Nigg House.

Shandwick fishing creels etc.

Smuggler's cave.

Nigg Stone

Signpost near Meddat pointing across the ford over the sands of Nigg, 1967.

Gair enclosure in Nigg Old Parish churchyard

Gair enclosure in Nigg Old Parish churchyard. Alexander's grave is in the right foreground. The figure in the background is believed to be Rev John Fraser.

The Nigg Stone at the gable end of the church.

View showing the earthworks of Dunskaith Castle in the foreground, the buildings of Nigg camp, the Old Nigg Golf Course, Nigg Ferry and the pier.

View showing the earthworks of Dunskaith Castle in the foreground, the buildings of Nigg camp, the Old Nigg Golf Course, Nigg Ferry and the pier. And a WW1 fortification building on the edge of the cliff?

Remnants of the old graveyard at Old Shandwick Farm.

Ruined cottage walls at Balnapaling showing lime plaster applied directly on stones.

Use of turf in a ruined cottage at Balnapaling.

Use of turf in a ruined cottage at Balnapaling. The turf had fallen by 1975. Photos taken in 1968.

Use of turf in a ruined cottage at Balnapaling.

View of cottage in Balnapaling showing front wall, 1968

View of cottage in Balnapaling showing front wall, 1968. Cabers are saplings and mott is clay mixed with grass, stones, etc.

View of cottage in Balnapaling

View of cottage in Balnapaling showing the use of cabers and mott in partitions, 1968. Cabers are saplings and mott is clay mixed with grass, stones, etc.