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Fort George

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Fort George is a large 18th-century fortress near Ardersier, to the north-east of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It was built to control the Scottish Highlands in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, replacing a Fort George in Inverness constructed after the 1715 Jacobite rising to control the area. Fort George is situated 2½ miles southeast of Brown Hill.

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. Groam House Museum is situated 2 miles south of Brown Hill.

Rosemarkie transmitting station

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The Rosemarkie transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated close to the town of Rosemarkie, Scotland, in Highland. Rosemarkie transmitting station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Brown Hill.

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Rosemarkie

Village

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Rosemarkie is a village on the south coast of the Black Isle peninsula in Ross-shire, northern Scotland. Rosemarkie is situated 2 miles south of Brown Hill.

Fortrose and Rosemarkie

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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.

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. Fortrose is situated 2½ miles southwest of Brown Hill.

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