Captain J. Mackenzie tossing the caber at the Northern Meeting Games, c. 1920
ID:PC_NORTHERNMEETINGGAMES_041DESCRIPTION: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:InvernessOLD COUNTY/PARISH:INVERNESS: Inverness and BonaCREATOR (AV):unknownDATE OF IMAGE:1920 (c.)PERIOD:1910s; 1920sSOURCE:unknownCOLLECTION:Highland Games / Northern Meeting ParkAsset ID:46697KEYWORDS:
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