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”).

Workmen re-building Dunskaith House, c1906

Attribution: unknown

Agriculture

Photos of harvesting at Cullisse (no date).

Attribution: unknown

Construction of Fabrication Yard

07 Construction continutes

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.

Cromarty on the left.

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.  

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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 Places 2
Broomhill during renovations, 1991.
Broomhill during renovations, 1991.
Broomhill during renovations, 1991.
Possibly Tain Station, c.1926.
Possibly Tain Station, c.1926.
Possibly Tain Station, c.1926.
Major,
Major,
Major, belonging to Mrs Ross (Mrs Thom's mother), running home along Nigg Road to Broomhill, c.1974.
Broomhill Cottage, circa 1920's
Broomhill Cottage, circa 1920's
Broomhill Cottage, circa 1920's l-r: Danny Macleod, Uncle Donny, and possibly an older daughter of Danny's and aunt of Mrs Thom, c.1920s.
On the bulwark opposite Broomhill.
On the bulwark opposite Broomhill.
On the bulwark opposite Broomhill. l-r: Eric Bates (Mrs Thom's nephew), Alistair Bates (Mrs Thom's nephew), Sheila Ross (Mrs Thom's sister), with Mrs Thom and her son Billy on the roadside, c.1950s.
Briar Cottage
Briar Cottage
Arthur Skinner's home Briar Cottage and the gable end of Mary Ann Macdonald's home, Elder Cottage, to the right. Mrs Thom's nephew Eric Bates, in the foreground, c.1951.
Old Nigg Road
Old Nigg Road
Old Nigg Road with sea at high tide with Shop House in the foreground, c.1956.
Lower Bayfield.
Lower Bayfield.
Lower Bayfield.
Lower Bayfield, c.1950s.
Lower Bayfield, c.1950s.
Lower Bayfield, c.1950s.
Lower Bayfield.
Lower Bayfield.
Lower Bayfield.
Sheep on the old Nigg road.
Sheep on the old Nigg road.
Sheep on the old Nigg road.
Nigg House, showing possible site of Bishop's Palace.
Nigg House, showing possible site of Bishop's Palace.
Nigg House, showing possible site of Bishop's Palace.
Gardener's cottage before alterations.
Gardener's cottage before alterations.
Gardener's cottage before alterations.
Lower Pitcalnie, c.1960.
Lower Pitcalnie, c.1960.
Lower Pitcalnie, home of Alex Mackenzie, c.1960.
Nigg Hotel, c.1928.
Nigg Hotel, c.1928.
Nigg Hotel, c.1928.
Old Smithy at Culnaha.
Old Smithy at Culnaha.
Old Smithy at Culnaha.
Old Post Office, c1948.
Old Post Office, c1948.
Old Post Office, c1948.
Old Wester Rarichie Smithy, now Niaroo.
Old Wester Rarichie Smithy, now Niaroo.
Old Wester Rarichie Smithy, now Niaroo.
Pitcalnie Holdings, 1951.
Pitcalnie Holdings, 1951.
Pitcalnie Holdings, then home of the Macraes, 1951.
Cromarty from the west, looking to Nigg.
Cromarty from the west, looking to Nigg.
Cromarty from the west, looking to Nigg.
Cromarty and ships sailing through the Sutors.
Cromarty and ships sailing through the Sutors.
Cromarty and ships sailing through the Sutors.
Cromarty High Street.
Cromarty High Street.
Cromarty High Street.
Lower Carse of Bayfield
Lower Carse of Bayfield
Lower Carse of Bayfield
Lower Carse of Bayfield
Lower Carse of Bayfield
Lower Carse of Bayfield
Seaside Cottage.
Seaside Cottage.
Seaside Cottage.
Pitcalzean House
Pitcalzean House
Pitcalzean House (home for many years of the author Eric Linklater).
View from Castlecraig to Cromarty, 1961,
View from Castlecraig to Cromarty, 1961,
View from Castlecraig to Cromarty, 1961, with Shepherd's Cottage on the right. Road was built by farm labour from material available on the farm.
Castlecraig Farm
Castlecraig Farm
Approaching Castlecraig Farm showing the gable end of the trapper's cottage and the pond, 1930.
Castlecraig House, 1930.
Castlecraig House, 1930.
Castlecraig House, 1930.
Cottage at Westfield (Mrs Munro and children).
Cottage at Westfield (Mrs Munro and children).
Cottage at Westfield (Mrs Munro and children).
Culnaha House.
Culnaha House.
Culnaha House.
Soldiers on Nigg pier, 1929.
Soldiers on Nigg pier, 1929.
Soldiers on Nigg pier, 1929.
Pitcalzean House.
Pitcalzean House.
Pitcalzean House.
Nigg Old Manse.
Nigg Old Manse.
Nigg Old Manse.
The White House.
The White House.
The White House.
Nigg Old Manse with girl waving.
Nigg Old Manse with girl waving.
Nigg Old Manse with girl waving.
White House, Nigg Ferry, c.1968-69.
White House, Nigg Ferry, c.1968-69.
White House, Nigg Ferry, c.1968-69.
Aerial view Chapelhill
Aerial view Chapelhill
Aerial view Chapelhill - Chapelhill Church, Sunday School and Manse. To the right is Jessie Macleod's Cottage (one of Nigg's first schools) and Strath of Pircalnie.
White House, 1971.
White House, 1971.
White House, 1971. Owned by the Barker family from 1967 but it was burnt down in February 1973 and the saved end part was eventually sold to Hi-Fab in 1975.
Seaside Cottage in the distance.
Seaside Cottage in the distance.
Seaside Cottage in the distance.
Nigg Bay(?) c.1936.
Nigg Bay(?) c.1936.
Nigg Bay(?) c.1936.
Seagulls at Nigg beach, c.1936.
Seagulls at Nigg beach, c.1936.
Seagulls at Nigg beach, c.1936.
A general view of Nigg including Nigg Hotel and Dunskaith House.
A general view of Nigg including Nigg Hotel and Dunskaith House.
A general view of Nigg including Nigg Hotel and Dunskaith House.
The Bishop's Walk early in the 1900s.
The Bishop's Walk early in the 1900s.
The Bishop's Walk early in the 1900s.
Aerial photo of Nigg Mains steading taken August 1984
Aerial photo of Nigg Mains steading taken August 1984
Aerial photo of Nigg Mains steading taken August 1984 when Gardener's Cottage was derelict and Scotts still lived in the Big House. New shed was not yet built by McKay, Balmuchy. Surrounding slate-roofed buildings are listed. Tin shed on right of photo was the former cinema at Fearn Drome during the war. Doug Scott had dismantled and re-built at Nigg Mains during the 1950's. Photo donated by Johnny MacGillivray.
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