📌 Dingwall, Highland
★★
This imposing, 100-foot tower stands proud on a bluff above Dingwall town centre, surrounded by cannons and a spacious cemetery. It’s dedicated to Victorian soldier Hector MacDonald, known locally as Fighting Mac. As recently as 2019, visitors used to be able to ascend the dozens of stairs for a superb parapet panorama across the Cromarty Firth, but this is no longer permitted for safety reasons. That’s a great shame, because the view from ground level is almost entirely blocked by trees. If you climb up to the monument on foot, there’s at least some compensation given by a reasonable town view from the outside of one of the hairpin bends.
🌍 Location
📌 Mitchell Road, under 0.5 mi (or 15-min steep uphill walk) south of Dingwall town centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NH 549584
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.592370,-4.428801
🚆🚌 Train / bus to Dingwall
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
⌚ Exterior always viewable
🎫 Free
