Contin
Contin is a Ross-shire village, and a civil parish and community council area between Strathpeffer and Garve in the Highland council area of Scotland. The parish has a population of 675.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rogie Falls and Fairburn Tower.
Rogie Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rogie Falls are a series of waterfalls on the Black Water, a river in Ross-shire in the Highlands of Scotland. The falls are about 2 kilometres northwest of the village of Contin, next to the A835 road. Rogie Falls is situated 1½ miles northwest of Contin.
Fairburn Tower
Castle
Photo: valenta, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairburn Tower is a recently restored Scottish castle near Inverness and Muir of Ord in the parish of Urray. The tower house on a hill above the River Orrin is believed to have been built in 1545 for Murdo Mackenzie. Fairburn Tower is situated 2½ miles south of Contin.
Highland Museum of Childhood
Museum
Strathpeffer railway station was a railway station serving the town of Strathpeffer in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The first station was located some distance from the town, on the Dingwall and Skye Railway line, and was opened in 1870. Highland Museum of Childhood is situated 2 miles northeast of Contin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strathpeffer and Marybank.
Strathpeffer
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Strathpeffer is a village in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 1040 in 2020. It has sulphurous springs and grew up in the 19th century as a spa resort, served by a branch railway line.
Marybank
Village
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marybank is a small village in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Muir of Ord lies 3 miles south east of Marybank, along the A832 road. Marybank is situated 2 miles southeast of Contin.
Achterneed
Hamlet
Photo: Brian MacLennan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achterneed, also spelled Auchterneed, is a village in Highland, Scotland, lies within the environs of Castle Leod, seat of the Earl of Cromartie, two miles northeast of Strathpeffer. Achterneed is situated 3 miles northeast of Contin.
Contin
- Type: Village with 675 residents
- Description: village in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.56797° or 57° 34′ 5″ northLongitude
-4.57947° or 4° 34′ 46″ westPopulation
675Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
9C9QHC9C+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 597730781OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2652433Wikidata ID
Q2801181
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Contin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Contin”
- Cebuano: “Contin”
- Dutch: “Contin”
- French: “Contin”
- Irish: “Cunndainn”
- Scots: “Contin”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cunndainn”
- Swedish: “Contin”
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Highlights include West Lodge, Coul House and Contin Hall.
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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 “Contin”. Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.