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Cutting the first sod for Dornoch Light Railway

Cutting the first sod for Dornoch Light Railway

Date Added: 24 April 2008 Year: 1900 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: | 2007_008 | Picture No: 2665

Enlarged copy of photo mounted on foam board of large group of people on a hillside with a tall flagpole. The main group are gathered round what appears to be a man and woman bending to make the ceremonial first cut for the construction of the railway. Others are looking on from further away, including a group of three women, three men and two girls standing inside a fence right in the foreground, and two boys, one barefoot, climbing on St Michaels Well. Pipe band also present.

Dimensions: Width 506 mm - Height 330 mm

Groups: Dornoch Light Railway

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