South Loch Ness Heritage

South Loch Ness Heritage Group

The South Loch Ness Heritage Group was set up in 2003 with the following objectives:

To research, promote and safeguard the heritage of the South Loch Ness Area.
In particular, to create an archive of the Area, and to collate material for publication, exhibition and education.

Due to the rate of change these objectives have never been so important, or, with the technology now available, so attainable. Our area is rich with a history and natural history second to none within Scotland. To some degree, both are under threat.

The Area
There are similar Heritage Groups in Strathnairn and in Fort Augustus. We hope to fill in the gap by covering the Heritage of Stratherrick, Strath Dores and the south side of Loch Ness, extending through Dores to Scaniport and Cullaird.

Intentions
The following ideas are being taken forward:

Create "rolling” mini-exhibitions in public places, such as schools, pubs and halls, to stimulate interest and discussion. These can be as simple as two or three photographs or artefacts, but can be changed regularly.
Organise the usual meetings, with speakers and/or themes according to demand. (A couple of these have already been held.)

The Web Site
The website southlochnessheritage.co.uk has expanded greatly since its construction, with pages on a variety of topics, a selection of pictures old and new, work goes on and the site is updated regularly with new material.

Apart from being of interest to those living in the South Loch Ness area, we hope, through the site, to contact "expatriates”, or those whose ancestors left this region at any time over the last three hundred years. Does your family history mention Stratherrick, Gorthleck, Whitebridge, Errogie, Foyers, Dores, Boleskine, or any place-name on the South Loch Ness Map? Is your name Fraser, Grant, MacGillivray, MacGruer or MacTavish? These are some of the names of the old families of this area. We would be delighted to hear from anyone who thinks they may have associations with South Loch Ness – you may have information of interest to us, and we may well be able to reciprocate. Descendents of Stratherrick folk are scattered worldwide, from Darien to Dunedin, Alberta to Adelaide, and through this link we may, for example, be able to send you photographs of your ancestors" homes.

Downloads :- Ebook Tales of the old days on Aldourie estate 434 kb

One of the Group"s main interests is the archiving of pictures. We are able to enhance faded or damaged pictures and provide copies for the owners.

(Pictures do not have to be this old to be interesting! Photographs from the 1970s and 80s show just how fast things change, and even today’s events will very soon become part of our “heritage”.)

For contributions and enquiries about the Heritage of South Loch Ness please use : info@southlochnessheritage.co.uk