Nairn Places of Interest

Cawdor Castle is located only 12 miles from Inverness just outside Nairn. If you take the B9090 off the A96, you won?t have any difficulty getting to this destination. The castle is home to the Dowage... more

On the northern edge of Nethy Bridge, the castle may have been built soon after 1226 by James, son of the Earl of Mar, to whom Alexander II had granted the lordship of Abernethy. One of the oldest cas... more

Located one mile downstream from the present bridge. The old bridge carried the military road from the Lecht to Nairn and Fort George. Constructed in 1754 by a detachment of men from Lord Charles Hay'... more

The seat of the Clan Grant, stands alone in wooded policies a 1.5 miles to the north of Grantown-on-Spey, the new town founded by Sir James Grant in 1765. Until 1694 it was known as Balachastell, &quo... more

The traditional hiding place of the second Marquis of Huntly, Lord Lewis Gordon, when pursued by the Earl of Argyll is about 3.5 miles from Grantown on the Forres road. The cave, or what remains of it... more