Fortrose and Rosemarkie
Fortrose and Rosemarkie are two small towns a mile apart on the Black Isle in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands. In 2020 Fortrose had a population of 1680 and Rosemarkie had 640.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Fortrose Cathedral and Chanonry Point.
Fortrose Cathedral
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Fortrose Cathedral 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 Fortrose or Chanonry.
Chanonry Point
Scenic viewpoint
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Chanonry Point lies at the end of Chanonry Ness, a spit of land extending into the Moray Firth between Fortrose and Rosemarkie on the Black Isle, Scotland.
Groam House Museum
Museum
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Groam House Museum is a museum of Celtic and Pictish Art. Located in the village of Rosemarkie in the Black Isle, Scotland, 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fortrose and Avoch.
Fortrose
Town
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Fortrose is a town and former royal burgh on the Black Isle in the Highland council area of Scotland, about six miles northeast of Inverness. The town is known for its ruined 13th-century cathedral, and as the home of the Brahan Seer. Chanonry Point, a nearby headland projecting into the Moray Firth, is a popular location for dolphin spotting.
Avoch
Village
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Avoch is a harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth.
Rosemarkie
Village
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Rosemarkie is a village on the south coast of the Black Isle peninsula in Ross-shire, northern Scotland.
Fortrose and Rosemarkie
- Type: human settlement
- Description: settlements on Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Location: Ross and Cromarty, Highland Council, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.5822° or 57° 34′ 56″ northLongitude
-4.1319° or 4° 7′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C9QHVJ9+V6Wikidata ID
Q67387277
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In Other Languages
“Fortrose and Rosemarkie” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fortrose and Rosemarkie”
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