Parks and Gardens record MHG52965 - Northern Meeting Park, Ardross Street

Summary

The world's first Highland Games Stadium, established in 1864 by The Northern Meeting as the home for their annual highland games.

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Grid reference Centred NH 66305 44851 (192m by 136m) (Centred)
Map sheet NH64SE
Civil Parish INVERNESS AND BONA
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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The land for this park was purchased by The Northern Meeting in 1864 as a permanent venue for their Highland Gamges which had previously been held at various locations within the town. <1>

This was the world's first and is therefore the oldest Highland Games Stadium. <2>

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  • <1> Dataset: Historic Scotland. Information Supplementary to the Statutory List (This information has no legal significance). Digital. HB 51129.
  • <2> Text/Correspondence: Highland Council. 07/2011. Email correspondence between Gerry Reynolds, Secretary of Inverness City Highland Games, and Sylvina Tilbury, HER Officer.

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Record last edited

Jul 13 2011 3:38PM

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