Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ness

Ness, an estate in the parishes of Dores and Inverness, with a mansion called Ness Castle, near the right bank of the river Ness, 3 miles SSW of the town of Inverness. Formerly in the possession of Lord Saltoun, it is now the property of Sir John Ramsden, by whom it was bought for £90, 000 in 1871.—Ord. Sur., sh. 83, 1881.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "an estate"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Inverness Shire ScoCnty
Place: Ness

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