Rossie Island

Rossie Island is an island in Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland. Rossie Island is situated nearby to the village Ferryden, as well as near Kirkton of Craig.

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Type: Island
Description: settlement and former island in Angus, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Inchbraoch”, “Inchbrayock”, and “Rossie”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Montrose Museum and Montrose railway station.

Montrose Museum

Museum

Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Montrose Museum opened in 1842 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland. The museum came into being when in 1841 the Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society started a fund to expand its space; in order to house its curiosities and wonders ranging from geological and ethnographical artefacts to a collection of natural history objects and fine art.

Montrose railway station

Railway station

Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Montrose railway station serves the town of Montrose in Angus, Scotland. The station overlooks the Montrose Basin and is situated on the Dundee–Aberdeen line, 90 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley, between Arbroath and Laurencekirk.

Links Park

Stadium

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Links Park is a football stadium in Montrose, Scotland. It has been the home ground of Montrose F.C. since 1887. Links Park was opened in 1887 on land rented from the 'Auld Kirk'.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferryden and Montrose.

Ferryden

Village

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ferryden is a village in Angus, Scotland in the community council area of Ferryden & Craig. It lies southerly adjacent to the town of Montrose on the south bank of the South Esk and is considered a fringe locality of Montrose, being connected to the latter by the former Rossie Island, now home to shipping facilities and Montrose Port Authority.

Montrose

Photo: Gortyna, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Montrose is a small port in Angus, Northeast Scotland, midway between Dundee and Aberdeen. It was an important harbour in medieval and Hanseatic times and contributed to Britain's sea and air defence in 20th-century wartime.