Inverness Castle has seen its fair share of destruction. Perhaps none more than in 1746 when Bonnie Prince Charlie ordered it be blown up to remove it from the chess board during the Jacobite Rising.
The current red sandstone Castle wasn't completed until some ninety years later. That gave 18th Century Invernessians plenty time to help themselves to the rubble for their own building needs. The long stone wall at GZ is one such example.
If you look closely, between the grey metal box and the parking sign, around half way up the wall, you'll be able to spot a four hundred year old carved stone which reads "6 V 20". The "1" in 1620 seems to have been chipped off. This likely happened when the wall was moved during the widening of the road.
The date 1620 doesn't correspond to any siege activity at Inverness Castle. Possibly a small peace-time alteration somewhere inside? I also wonder what the "V" represents.
The amount of people who pass by this wall each day must be in the thousands. I wonder how many have spotted it!