Artists have been invited to submit fresh proposals for a "centrepiece attraction" on the River Ness.

Highland Council scrapped plans for a controversial "see-saw" artwork in Inverness in July.

The Gathering Place would have been built near Eden Court Theatre and paid for with part of a £750,000 arts fund.

Concerns were raised over the safety of the installation, which would have rocked gently back and forth under the weight of visitors.

Fishermen also took issue with its potential impact on the Ness.

The council said its replacement will be developed in partnership with the community and local businesses.

Inverness provost Helen Carmichael said: "We are looking forward to this next stage in the development of the new Gathering Place.

"The principle of community involvement and partnership in the project aims to ensure that the artwork will be both ambitious and supported by communities in Inverness.

"This process will bring different groups together in order to jointly develop the concept and therefore, I hope, will result in a valued artwork which will form a centrepiece attraction for the city."

The first project commissioned for the River Ness Public Art project is now being installed on Bank Street.

River Connections features a series of wall-mounted plaques engraved with poetry by the writer Ken Cockburn.