Photograph from the family of Horatio Ross - Horse and cart, somewhere in the Scottish Highlands

Horse and Cart in the Scottish Highlands

This photo comes from a collection of almost 100 Ross family photos acquired by Stephen Beadle.

The photo may have been taken by Mrs Horatio Ross, wife of the grandson of the the photographer, sportsman and politician, Horatio Ross (1801-86).

Please e-mail me if you recognise this location. Thank you.

- Peter Stubbs: November 24, 2007

Question

Where might this photograph have been taken?

Answer 1

Thank you to Jonathan Mitchell, who recently moved in to Braelangwell House on the Black Isle for telling me that the photograph above was in fact taken outside the Braelangwell distillery, now used as a outbuilding at the farm to the north of the house.

Braelangwell House

Acknowledgement: Jonathan Mitchell, Black Isle, Ross-shire, Scotland: April 30, 2008

Answer 2

Thank you to George T Smith who wrote:

"Braelangwell Distillery interested me. (I used to work in that milieu.) It seems that, in common with many others, after the licensing of distilleries in 1823, it had bankruptcy problems and finally closed in 1843.

Further research has shown that the owner had no (publicised) background in distilling and this may have contributed to the distillery's failure.

It was certainly in a good malt whisky area but the list of closed distilleries is infinitely longer than those still extant.

George T Smith, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada: May 3, 2008