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Rosemarkie

Rosemarkie is a village on the south coast of the peninsula in Ross-shire, northern .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Groam House Museum and Fortrose Cathedral.

Museum
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is a museum of Celtic and Pictish Art. Located in the village of Rosemarkie in the , , its collection contains both the Rosemarkie Stone, one of the major surviving examples of Pictish art in stone, and the Rosemarkie sculpture fragments, that are 14 stone fragments, the most well-known being Daniels Stone.

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was the episcopal seat of the medieval Scottish diocese of Ross in the Highland region of Scotland near the city of Inverness. It is probable that the original site of the diocese was at Rosemarkie, but by the 13th century the canons had relocated a short distance to the south-west, to the site known as or Chanonry.

Recreation area
A King George's Field is a public open space in the United Kingdom dedicated to the memory of King George V. In 1936, after the king's death, Sir Percy Vincent, the then–Lord Mayor of London, formed a committee to determine a memorial that was not solely based on the idea of a statue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fortrose and Fortrose and Rosemarkie.

Town
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is a town and former royal burgh on the in the council area of Scotland, about six miles northeast of . The town is known for its ruined 13th-century , and as the home of the Brahan Seer. , a nearby headland projecting into the , is a popular location for dolphin spotting.

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are two small towns a mile apart on the Black Isle in in the . In 2020 Fortrose had a population of 1680 and Rosemarkie had 640.

Village
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is a harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the , on the . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Rosemarkie.

Rosemarkie

Latitude
57.59069° or 57° 35′ 27″ north
Longitude
-4.11431° or 4° 6′ 52″ west
Population
630
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB RME
Open location code
9C9QHVRP+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26575646
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2639142
Wiki­data ID
Q1010388
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Rosemarkie” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Rosemarkie”
  • Czech: “Rosemarkie”
  • Dutch: “Rosemarkie”
  • French: “Rosemarkie”
  • Galician: “Rosemarkie”
  • Irish: “Ros Maircnidh”
  • Irish: “Ros Mhaircnidh”
  • Italian: “Rosemarkie”
  • Japanese: “ローズマーキー”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rosemarkie”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rosemarkie”
  • Norwegian: “Rosemarkie”
  • Persian: “رزمارکی”
  • Scots: “Rossmartnie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ros Maircnidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ros Mhaircnidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Rosemarkie”
  • Spanish: “Rosemarkie”
  • Swedish: “Rosemarkie”
  • Welsh: “Rosemarkie”

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