- TITLE
- Ben Nevis from Banavie
- EXTERNAL ID
- QZP40_39_P136C
- PLACENAME
- Banavie
- DISTRICT
- Lochaber
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- INVERNESS: Kilmallie
- DATE OF IMAGE
- 1898
- PERIOD
- 1890s
- SOURCE
- Highland Libraries
- ASSET ID
- 30767
- KEYWORDS
- Lochaber
Ben Nevis
observatories
mountain climbing

Ben Nevis stands at a height of 1344 metres and is the highest peak in Britain.There are a number of routes to the summit including a 'tourist route'. On the north east ridge of stand the ruins of a weather observatory that was manned between 1883 and 1904. The photograph is from 'Loyal Lochaber. Historical Genealogical and Traditionary' by W Drummond Norie, Glasgow, 1898