A Black Isle golf club is seeking to build coastal defences in attempt to reclaim part of their links from the sea.
A stretch on the western edge of Fortrose and Rosemarkie Golf Club has been crumbling into the Moray Firth because of erosion.
The course sits on a narrow spit of land extending into the firth from the Black Isle to Chanonry Point.
Now the club want to install rock armour along a 650ft stretch along the seventh and eight holes of the links.
The plans will also help restore a coastal path leading from Fortrose to Chanonry Point, which is a busy tourist attraction with dolphin spotters.
The club have submitted a planning application to Highland Council – and hope that if granted permission work could start as soon as the end of October.
The engineering works involve installing rock armour along the shore and then back-filling with soil before replanting the reclaimed land.
Former club captain Phillip Thorn has been involved in the project to restore the coastline and said it will have a wider benefit than just for golfers.
He said: “It is about reclaiming part of the course which has been eroded on the west side of the course.
“There is a path along the coast to Chanonry Point and parts of that have been completely lost so people are now walking onto the golf course.
“It will be real benefit to the community to have that repaired as well as protecting the course.”
The foreshore on the peninsula is owned by Highland Council, while the interior belongs to the golf club.
The engineering works are likely to cost around £100,000 and club secretary Mike MacDonald confirmed some financial support had been secured from the Scottish Government through sportscotland.
Mr Macdonald said: “We’ve got the planning application in and hopefully if everything goes through we’ll look to make a move on it sooner rather than later.
“There would be a considerable benefit to the course for doing this work and it would be for the good of everyone to get on with it.”
