Blackhills Wood

Blackhills Wood is a forest in , . Blackhills Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the locality .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ormond Castle.

Castle
Photo: Nick Forwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Avoch Castle, was a powerful stronghold, overlooking the village of , on the , in the former county of , now part of , Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fortrose and Rosemarkie and Avoch.

Photo: nathanandrewbaker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
are two small towns a mile apart on the Black Isle in in the . In 2020 Fortrose had a population of 1680 and Rosemarkie had 640.

Village
Photo: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the , on the .

Village
Photo: Dr Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small , lying at the head of Bay, in the in , in northern . There are few early records of a settlement, but it seems likely that expanded in the 1760s due to quarry workers extracting stone nearby to build Fort George on the far side of the .

Blackhills Wood

Latitude
57.5746° or 57° 34′ 29″ north
Longitude
-4.2398° or 4° 14′ 23″ west
Open location code
9C9QHQF6+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 960063600
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
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