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Inverness Castle, Inverness

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finny1951

It was nice to see it. They have court house there so we were not allowed to go inside. The view is breathtaking of the city of Inverness more »
jim g

It's worth an hour or two to look around this castle. It's still an active court. Go to the top for the best views of Inverness. Very informative information film. more »
mmcquade

this is easy to reach on the main street but it is a sheriff office and closed to the public so you can only see it from the outside - worth a quick look around as it is a nice building more »

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Carol Gillard

It is council buildings and a court house on the site of a previous ancient castle of which I saw no remnants. There is a sign which indicates Castle views but in fact looks over Inverness town and the view is mostly ugly concrete 1960's 1970's buildings. The view from the other side of and across the River is much nicer. I think they put the sign up wrong.

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Héctor Jaumandreu

Went there only for a walk and found that there were doing a test for the new attraction and could get access. You can climb a tower with different rooms where you can watch some interesting videos about Scottish myths. At the end a wonderful view of the city waits!

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Ong SC

Nice castle located in the middle of Inverness. Part of it has been turned to a court thus restricted to public. However, you are able to access a tower with rooftop view of the city for £5 each. Located beside Ness river. Good location for some photo taking.

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Stuart Nellybhoy

Was here on working trip but it's a lovely view especially from top of the courthouse asI was fortunate to be asked to help to raise a flag to commemorate the Somme. The views from the very too are stunning and I am glad to be one of the very few who have stood up the top. The small spiral staircase is full of names scratched into brickwork from years ago.

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Sebastian Gilbert

Great views at the top but the rest of the experience was a little off. Lots of small rooms with animated short films that we're catching but otherwise left the experience feeling bare.

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