INVERNESS & ENVIRONS

KILLEARNAN PARISH CHURCH
	We were fortunate that two female custodians were still parked when our Inverness taxi driver arrived at the Killearnan Church. When I indicated some knowledge of the church's history, they kindly offered to unlock the door for me.
	Pat took this picture of the surrounding cemetery looking towards the Beauly Firth. The marker for Reverend John Kennedy is at the far edge.
	This is the south-east side of the churchyard.
	The cross-shaped form of the church, which disturbed its first minister (Rev. Donald Fraser), is the subject of this photograph.
	Pat took this picture of the front of the church with our digital camera.

SPITAL SHORE
	After walking down a narrow lane, I located the remains of the ruins of our ancestor's cot (the cotter's home of Alexander Ross and Margaret Noble).
	Here is a broad view of the ruins. Many of the stones from the cot were undoubtedly used to construct a wall along the adjoining property.
	This close-up of the site is confirmation of the movie which I took here during our trip in 1974. I chose a small piece of pinkish-red sandstone (common to the Black Isle) from the rocks. [The customs officer did not object to the stone, but wondered what the sgian dhub was in my declaration under knives.]
	The Polson's had both died some years ago, but the Acharry sign was still at the gate. The new owner of the home retained a small piece of land for his livestock, but stated that his neighbour to the east had purchased the remainder of the fields (now fenced in) to the south towards the firth. Our trip was well worth the £65 which I paid to the taxi driver upon our return to Inverness in time to take the train back to Edinburgh.