Day 330: Tarrel to Nigg – Picts, Guns & Rigs

by Quintin Lake
February 14, 2022
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Ross-shire - East, Scotland

Date of walk: 17/8/19

Cadboll Point, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


The Christian cross on the seaward-facing side of the Cadboll Stone I, a Pictish Cross-Slab reconstruction by Barry Grove in 1998 (The original, dating from about 800 AD is in the Museum of Scotland), Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


The Christian cross on the seaward-facing side of the Cadboll Stone II, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


The Christian cross on the seaward-facing side of the Cadboll Stone III, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Detail of the seaward-facing side of the Cadboll Stone I, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Detail of the seaward-facing side of the Cadboll Stone II, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Detail of the seaward-facing side of the Cadboll Stone III, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Detail of the landward-facing side of the Cadboll Stone I, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Detail of a hunting scene on the landward-facing side of the Cadboll Stone II, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Detail of Pictish symbols of crescent and v-rod and double disc on the landward-facing side of the Cadboll Stone III, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Abstract patterns based on triskeles (three in one spirals) on the landward-facing side of the Shandwick Stone a Pictish Coss-Slab dating from 780, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Detail of hunting scene which includes two swordsmen fighting one another, and a man with a crossbow on the western or landward-facing side of the Shandwick Stone a Pictish Cross-Slab dating from 780, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Detail of the shaft of a highly ornate carving of a cross surrounded depictions of angels, animals and serpents on the eastern or seaward-facing of the Shandwick Stone a Pictish Cross-Slab dating from 780, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Detail of a highly ornate carving of a cross surrounded depictions of angels, animals and serpents on the eastern or seaward-facing of the Shandwick Stone a Pictish Cross-Slab dating from 780, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


The Shandwick Stone a Pictish Cross-Slab dating from 780 in its glazed shelter, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Mr Bean, Seaboard Gala, Hilton of Cadboll, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Furrows, Loans of Rarichie, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Not looking like a harvest day, Loans of Rarichie, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Rain clouds over the Loans of Rarichie, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Loans of Rarichie, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Heavy lift ship Forte in the Moray Firth, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor I, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor II, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor III, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor IV, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor V, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor VI, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor VII, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor VIII, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor IX, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor X, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor XI, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor XII, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


North Sutor XIII, WWII Naval Defense Battery 6-inch gun emplacements, Tarbat Peninsula, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Well-Safe Guardian a semi-submersible rig optimised for well decommissioning operations, Nigg, Cromarty Firth, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Eir Jack-Up Rig, Cromarty Firth, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Baug Jack-Up Rig, Cromarty Firth, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Baug & Eir Jack-Up Rigs, Cromarty Firth, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Oil rigs, Cromarty Firth, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Submersible Rig, Cromarty Firth, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Pipelaying vessel, Nigg, Cromarty Firth, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


Last light, Cromarty Firth, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.


After the rain from inside the tent.


Remarkably intact camouflage paint at North Sutor WWII Naval Defense Battery.


I’m always so thrilled by the novelty of soap and towels after a few nights in the tent that my phone is full of boring photos like this.

Pitter-patter.
Sun after the rain from inside the tent.
Coffee and porridge by the Moray Firth.
Coast path towards Cadboll.
The Hilton-of-Cadboll Stone shows how the Picts of Easter Ross adopted Christianity and fused it with their own symbolism around 800 AD. The seaward-facing side is a Christian cross whereas the landward facing side shows secular depictions.
Inside one of the two WW2 gun emplacements for 6-inch guns at North Sutor.
North Sutor gun emplacement.
The rear of one of the North Sutor gun emplacements with intact camouflage paint.
Naval gun emplacement at North Sutor which along with a corresponding setup at South Sutor protected the Cromarty Firth in WWI & II.
One of the two WW2 gun emplacements for 6-inch guns. Each emplacement is situated adjacent to WW1 era 9.2-inch gun batteries. The WW2 6-inch guns were installed in May 1940, and replaced with later versions in April 1943 that were not removed until November 1956.
Sliding into the underground magazine via the artillery shell elevator chute as the other entrances are filled in. Apologies for the blackout while I shuffled down the chute as I needed both hands!
The narrow mouth of Cromarty Firth.
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