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Tomnahurich, from the Caledonian Canal
Valentine, James, 1865, Photograph
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Tomnahurich, from the Caledonian Canal
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Tomnahurich, from the Caledonian Canal
Description
Tomnahurich Hill can be seen at the back of this photograph. In the forefront are two small cottages and a bridge which crosses the Caledonian Canal.
Artist / maker
Valentine, James
Date
1865
Size
19.0 x 24.1 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Tomnahurich is a rounded, tree covered hill which lies to the west of the River Ness on the outskirts of Inverness. Tomnahurich means the "hill of the yew trees" and these days a modern cemetery is set on the hill.
The hill has many traditions and legends associated with it; one is that an ancient seer or prophet called Thomas the Rhymer is buried below the hill, there is actually a gentleman called Thomas Rymour de Ercieldoune who existed in the thirteenth century and one of his prophecies was that the crowns of England and Scotland would be united. Folklore also says that fairies live within the hill and one tale states that they engaged two fiddlers to play for them and when, after playing all night, they emerged the next day many years had gone by and everything they had known had disappeared.
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James Valentine: Photographs of Scottish Scenery
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