Captain J. Mackenzie tossing the caber at the Northern Meeting Games, c. 1920

Captain J. Mackenzie tossing the caber at the Northern Meeting Games, c. 1920

ID: PC_NORTHERNMEETINGGAMES_041 DESCRIPTION: Captain J. Mackenzie of the Seaforth Highlanders tossing the caber during the Northern Meeting Games at the Northern Meeting Park in Inverness circa 1920. The first Northern Meeting Games took place at Dochfour in 1835 and they were held annually (except 1914-1918), usually in September, for the next century. In 1837 the venue for the games was moved to fields in the Longman and they remained there until 1864 when the Northern Meeting Park was opened. The Northern Meeting Games were last held in August 1938. PLACENAME: Inverness OLD COUNTY/PARISH: INVERNESS: Inverness and Bona CREATOR (AV): unknown DATE OF IMAGE: 1920 (c.) PERIOD: 1910s; 1920s SOURCE: unknown COLLECTION: Highland Games / Northern Meeting Park Asset ID: 46697 KEYWORDS: