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Inverness Castle is an attractive place for visitors to wander around and makes a great setting for views of the Highland capital.

Built on the site of an earlier fortress in 1835 and sits on a low cliff overlooking the river and the city, today it houses the Sheriffs Court.

Outside is the statue of Flora MacDonald, who assisted Bonnie Prince Charlie to flee the country after the uprising of 1745. At the Castle Garrison Encounter you can journey back in time to 1745, enlist in the Regiment and meet some of its other characters live. The castle is open daily, with a piper playing every evening from 7 pm, during the summer.

There are a number of old buildings in and around the city dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, including Cromwell’s Clock Tower in Shore Street, all that remains of the large citadel built between 1652 and 1657 by Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth Army