To celebrate the creation of this section of the Haggis Highway events will take place on 13th and 14th October 2012.
The events are as follows:
Inverness ~ Dinner GC3PYR5 - Saturday 13th October from 17:00, 18:00 for dinner
Bridge of Brown ~ Lunch GC3PRW9 - Sunday 14th October from 12 noon ~16:00
A quick cache & dash near Erchless Castle. Limited parking is available for a short time in a small pull in beside a pair of lovely old gates on the opposite side of the road to the Erchless estate.
Erchless Castle is an L-Plan castle near Struy. Built in the 13th century by the Bissetts, it came into the hands of the Chisholms in the 15th century, via the marriage of Alexander de Chisholme to Margaret, Lady of Erchless, and became their ancestral home. It was remodelled in the early 17th century as an L-plan tower house and underwent further alterations in the 19th century with the addition of a Baronial style wing in 1895. It is protected as a category B listed building. It remained the home of the Chisholms until 1935 and Erchless Castle is now a privately owned 12,000 acre sporting estate.