Croy
Croy is a village between Inverness and Nairn, in the Highland council area in Scotland. The village looks over the Moray Firth and is located a few miles from Inverness Airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 641 residents
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Croy, Highland”
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inverness Airport and Kilravock Castle.
Inverness Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Inverness Airport is an international airport situated at Dalcross, Scotland, 7 NM north-east of Inverness. It is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. Inverness Airport is situated 2 miles northwest of Croy.
Kilravock Castle
Castle
Photo: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilravock Castle is located near the village of Croy, between Inverness and Nairn, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. It was begun around 1460 and has been the seat of the Clan Rose since that time.
Cawdor
Archaeological site
Cawdor, located near the small village of Easter Galcantray, was suspected of being one of the northernmost Roman forts in Great Britain, although no evidence of Roman occupation has been found to date.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dalcross and Tornagrain.
Dalcross
Hamlet
Dalcross, in the original Gaelic, Dealgan Cros, later shortened to Dealgros, is a location in the Highland region of Scotland. It is on the Moray Firth about 10 km east-north-east of Inverness and contains Inverness Airport, Dalcross industrial estate, Dalcross Castle and Dalcross Forest.
Tornagrain
Village
Photo: Richard Birchall, CC BY 2.0.
Tornagrain is a hamlet and planned village in the Scottish Highlands, situated around 7 miles northeast of Inverness. It falls within the Highland council area for local government purposes.
Clephanton
Hamlet
Clephanton is a small hamlet 2 miles south-east from Ardersier and 7 miles south-west of Nairn in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Croy
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.52036° or 57° 31′ 13″ northLongitude
-4.0101° or 4° 0′ 36″ westPopulation
641Elevation
322 feet (98 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB ZAVOpen location code
9C9QGXCQ+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 391878800OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Croy” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Croy”
- Cebuano: “Croy”
- Dutch: “Croy”
- French: “Croy”
- Irish: “Crothaidh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Crothaidh, Inbhir Nis”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Crothaidh”
- Swedish: “Croy, Highland”
- Swedish: “Croy”
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Highlights include Croy Village Hall and Croy & Dalcross Parish Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Croy”. Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.