Strathpeffer Work

Attribution: unknown (The ruin of Free Church in Jamestown)

Ardival Harps

Ardival Harps is a small business situated near the Victorian village of Strathpeffer. The firm specialise in Historical Scottish Harps and modern Clarsachs made from local timber, cut and kiln dried by a local hardwood sawmill. Proper seasoning ensures that the harps may be used in modern centrally-heated conditions. The woods used are beech, birch, lime and sycamore.

Ardival Harps also run holiday courses for beginners and players. Structured four-day courses offer an opportunity to combine a holiday in the Highlands with a chance to hear and learn different types of harps.

08 Ardival harps

Attribution: unknown

Strathpeffer Sawmill

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Strathpeffer as a spa village
Strathpeffer as a spa village
Strathpeffer as a spa village, with pumproom in the foreground, the Square on the right and the spire of the Free Church of Scotland in the background. [Photo RCHS]
Raven's Rock
Raven's Rock
Jjust before the railway would pass through Raven's Rock.
Strathpeffer station building
Strathpeffer station building
Strathpeffer station building, restored from a dilapidated state in 1986.
The Square, Strathpeffer
The Square, Strathpeffer
"The Strathie" at Strathpeffer Station
"The Strathie" at Strathpeffer Station
"The Strathie" at Strathpeffer Station. [Photo courtesy of The Highland Railway Society]
Strathpeffer Station - coal yard
Strathpeffer Station - coal yard
The station when used as a coal yard c.1950s. [Photo courtesy of the Highland Museum of Childhood.]
The Station, functioning
The Station, functioning
Later version of the "Strathie" taken at Dingwall Station
Later version of the "Strathie" taken at Dingwall Station
Photo [courtesy of the F W Urquhart collection] of a later version of the "Strathie" taken at Dingwall Station. In 1897 the Highland Railway Company ran five trains a day on the branch line from Dingwall to Strathpeffer [see Strathpeffer/Environment/The Peffery Way]. The first train, at 7.40 am, was a mixed/mail passenger train. The journey took ten minutes. As the train has been decorated, could this be to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897?
Strathie196ac.jpg
Strathie196ac.jpg
"The Strathie" at Strathpeffer Station but from photograph acquired by RCHS, now gifted to The Pump Room.
Spa buildings
Spa buildings
Another photograph of the Spa buildings (source unknown). Is this before the Highland Hotel was built?
Strathpeffer Station in 1937
Strathpeffer Station in 1937
Newspaper photograph (source unknown) showing Station in 1937 with goods train.
Achterneed station
Achterneed station

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