Geddes () is a small village located 5 km to the south of

Nairn Nairn (; ) is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland (council area), Highland Council council areas of Scotland, area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nair ...

, in the

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council area of

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Geddes House

Geddes House The Geddes House is a Georgian Neoclassical style building near Nairn, Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, con ...

was built by William Mackintosh, a nabob who made a fortune in India, and in 1822 following Mackintosh's death, the estate passed to William Mackintosh the 2nd who made further improvements and alterations.

Wildlife

The area's woods and open fields are home to many types of birds, including buzzards and eagles. One of the reasons the population is so high may be because the

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and local farmers own most of the land. Unlike traditional estates, they have no interest in reducing or managing the local bird populations. The area also supports populations of deer, foxes, badgers, and moles. Some of the forested land is used for shooting and pheasant breeding by private owners but is open to the public when not in use.

Employment

The village is located in a traditionally agricultural area surrounded by agricultural land. This may change as Nairn and

Inverness Inverness (; ; from the , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highland ...

expand possibly consuming the area with infill from the two towns. Most people of working age commute elsewhere to work but the Geddes Fishery employs a small number of local people. A high percentage of the people in the area are not of working age and are either retired or semi-retired.

Footnotes

Populated places in the County of Nairn {{Highland-geo-stub