What is recorded here
No credible evidence exists to identify Ness Castle, when it stood or what it contained. Inverness and Highland give the request a setting, but they do not invent a castle or explain the claim.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Inverness, Ness Castle as No Class (event) (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Ness Castle in Inverness was built by the MacKintosh clan in the 13th century and later held by the Clan Cameron. It is remembered as an important stronghold in the history of the Scottish Highlands and as a symbol of clan rivalry in the region.
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Places near here
Holm HouseMotte (medieval) · 378 yd
Ness CastleClearance Cairn (post Medieval)(possible) · 527 yd
CulduthelNo Class (event) (early 21st Century) · 828 yd
Milton of Ness-sideFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 967 yd
Culduthel WoodsForest · 1396 yd
Caledonian Canal, Clachnahulig BasinCanal Basin (period Unassigned) · 1546 yd
Inverness Gaelic Primary SchoolNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Inverness, Glenurquhart Road, Tomnahurich Cemetery, ShelterShelter (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Bellfield Park BandstandMemorial · 1.8 mi
Craig DunainMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Craigphadrig ForestForest · 2.5 mi
Merkinch Local Nature ReserveVisitor information · 3.0 mi