Laverock Hill
Laverock Hill is a house in Highland Council, Scotland. Laverock Hill is situated nearby to the coniferous forest Deer Park, as well as near Avoch Parish Church, Braehead, Avoch.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fortrose Cathedral and Ormond Castle.
Fortrose Cathedral
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Fortrose Cathedral is situated 1½ miles east of Laverock Hill.
Ormond Castle
Castle
Photo: Nick Forwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ormond Castle, also known as Avoch Castle, was a powerful stronghold, overlooking the village of Avoch, on the Black Isle, in the former county of Ross and Cromarty, now part of Highland, Scotland. Ormond Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Laverock Hill.
King George’s Fields
Recreation area
A King George's Field is a public open space in the United Kingdom dedicated to the memory of King George V. In 1936, after the king's death, Sir Percy Vincent, the then–Lord Mayor of London, formed a committee to determine a memorial that was not solely based on the idea of a statue. King George’s Fields is situated 1½ miles east of Laverock Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avoch and Fortrose and Rosemarkie.
Avoch
Village
Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Avoch is a harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth.
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
Photo: nathanandrewbaker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 1½ miles east of Laverock Hill.
Laverock Hill
- Type: House
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.57537° or 57° 34′ 31″ northLongitude
-4.16987° or 4° 10′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C9QHRGJ+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 290965910OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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