Blackstand
Blackstand is a locality in Highland Council, Scotland. Blackstand is situated nearby to the locality Whitebog, as well as near Millbuie Crofts.Places of Interest
Highlights include Groam House Museum.
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 2½ miles southeast of Blackstand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosemarkie and Fortrose and Rosemarkie.
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 2½ miles southeast of Blackstand.
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 3 miles south of Blackstand.
Blackstand
- Type: Locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.62178° or 57° 37′ 18″ northLongitude
-4.15024° or 4° 9′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C9QJRCX+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 2956420499OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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