Ross-shire (; gd, Siorrachd Rois) is a
historic county in the
Scottish Highlands. The county borders
Sutherland to the north and
Inverness-shire
Inverness-shire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. Covering much of the Highlands and Outer Hebrides, it is Scotland's largest county, though one of the smallest in populat ...
to the south, as well as having a complex border with
Cromartyshire – a county consisting of numerous
enclaves or
exclave
An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...
s scattered throughout Ross-shire's territory. Ross-shire includes most of
Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to:
People
* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan
* Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning
* Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland
Places
* RoSS, the Republic of Sout ...
along with
Lewis
Lewis may refer to:
Names
* Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Music
* Lewis (musician), Canadian singer
* " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohe ...
in the
Outer Hebrides.
Dingwall
Dingwall ( sco, Dingwal, gd, Inbhir Pheofharain ) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was an east-coast harbour that now lies inland. Dingwall Castle ...
is the traditional
county town. The area of Ross-shire is based on that of the
historic province of Ross, but with the exclusion of the many enclaves that form Cromartyshire.
For
shreival purposes the area was first separated from the authority of the
sheriff of
Inverness
Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...
by Act of
Parliament during the reign of
King James IV
James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauch ...
, the sheriff to sit at
Tain
Tain ( Gaelic: ''Baile Dhubhthaich'') is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland.
Etymology
The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The ...
or
Dingwall
Dingwall ( sco, Dingwal, gd, Inbhir Pheofharain ) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was an east-coast harbour that now lies inland. Dingwall Castle ...
.
Sheriffs were seldom appointed, and further acts of 1649 and 1661 restated its separation from Inverness.
The 1661 act also clarified the area encompassed, based on the pre-Reformation
Diocese of Ross.
Sir George Mackenzie
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (1636 – May 8, 1691) was a Scottish lawyer, Lord Advocate, essayist and legal writer.
Early life
Mackenzie, who was born in Dundee, was the son of Sir Simon Mackenzie of Lochslin (died c. 1666) and Elizabet ...
's Ross-shire estates were transferred to Cromartyshire by a 1685 Act of Parliament (repealed 1686, re-enacted 1690).
RPS 1685/4/66
RPS 1685/4/67
RPS 1686/4/35
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The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 provided that "the counties of Ross and Cromarty shall cease to be separate counties, and shall be united for all purposes whatsoever, under the name of the county of Ross and Cromarty." The two counties that became the single local government county of Ross and Cromarty, which continued to be used for local government purposes until 1975, although Ross-shire remained as the postal county
The postal counties of the United Kingdom, now known as former postal counties, were postal subdivisions in routine use by the Royal Mail until 1996. The purpose of the postal county – as opposed to any other kind of county – was to aid the ...
for the mainland part of the local government county until 1996.
In 1975, Ross and Cromarty was itself replaced by the Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
region and the Western Isles, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered local government in Scotland on 16 May 1975.
The Act followed and largely implemented the report of the Royal Commission on Local Gove ...
. The region became a unitary council area
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure of 32 unitary authorities covering the whole of Scotland.
It abolished the two-tier st ...
.
There was a Ross-shire constituency of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. In 1832 it was merged with the Cromartyshire constituency to form the Ross and Cromarty constituency.
Geography
Western Ross-shire, also known as Wester Ross
Wester Ross () is an area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the council area of Highland. The area is loosely defined, and has never been used as a formal administrative region in its own right, but is generally regarded as lying to the ...
, is typified by its mountainous Highland scenery, especially the Torridon Hills
The Torridon Hills surround Torridon village in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The name is usually applied to the mountains to the north of Glen Torridon. They are among the most dramatic and spectacular peaks in the British Isles and made ...
which includes such peaks as Beinn Eighe
Beinn Eighe () is a mountain massif in the Torridon area of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Lying south of Loch Maree, it forms a long ridge with many spurs and summits, two of which are classified as Munros: Ru ...
and Liathach
Liathach (pronounced , ) is a mountain in the Torridon Hills, in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It stands between Loch Torridon and the neighbouring mountain Beinn Eighe. The mountain is a ridge running east–west, with several peaks, and ...
. The highest point in the county is Càrn Eighe at . It contains a long, fractured coastline along The Minch
The Minch ( gd, An Cuan Sgitheanach, ', ', '), also called North Minch, is a strait in north-west Scotland, separating the north-west Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides from Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. It was known as ("Sco ...
and Inner Sound (opposite Skye), consisting of a number of isolated peninsulas split by sea lochs; from north to south the chief of these are Loch Broom, the Scoraig peninsula, Little Loch Broom
Loch Broom ( gd, Lochbraon, "loch of rain showers") is a sea loch located in northwestern Ross and Cromarty, in the former parish of Lochbroom, on the west coast of Scotland. The small town of Ullapool lies on the eastern shore of the loch.
...
, Gruinard Bay, Rubha Mòr peninsula, Loch Ewe
Loch Ewe ( gd, Loch Iùbh) is a sea loch in the region of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The shores are inhabited by a traditionally Gàidhlig-speaking people living in or sustained by crofting villages, the most no ...
, Rua Reidh/Melvaig peninsula, Loch Gairloch
Loch Gairloch is a sea loch on the North West coast of Highland, Scotland. In Scottish Gaelic it is ''an Geàrr Loch'' meaning 'the short loch'. Around long by wide, it leads west to the Little Minch. The B8021 and B8056 run around its northe ...
, Loch Torridon
Loch Torridon ( gd, Loch Thoirbheartan) is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland in the Northwest Highlands. The loch was created by glacial processes and is in total around 15 miles (25 km) long. It has two sections: Upper Loch Torridon ...
, Applecross peninsula
Applecross ( gd, A' Chomraich) is a peninsula north-west of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is ''not'' used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is ...
, Loch Kishorn
Loch Kishorn ( gd, Ciseòrn) is a sea loch in the north-west Highlands of Scotland.
Kishorn is a collective name used to refer to a group of populated settlements located next to the loch.
Topography
Loch Kishorn is a northern branch of Loch ...
, Loch Carron
Loch Carron (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Carrann") is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, which separates the Lochalsh peninsula from the Applecross peninsula, and from the Stomeferry headland east of Loch ...
, Lochalsh peninsula, Loch Long
Loch Long is a body of water in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Sea Loch extends from the Firth of Clyde at its southwestern end. It measures approximately in length, with a width of between . The loch also has an arm, Loch Goil, on its wes ...
, Loch Duich
Loch Duich (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Dubhthaich") is a sea loch situated on the western coast of Scotland, in the Highlands.
History
In 1719, British forces burned many homesteads along the loch's shores in the month preceding the Battle of Glen ...
and the Glenelg peninsula which is shared with Inverness-shire.
The eastern half (Easter Ross
Easter Ross ( gd, Ros an Ear) is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross, Highland, Scotland.
The name is used in the constituency name Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, which is the name of both a British House of Commons constitue ...
) is generally flatter, and consists of towns, villages and farmland bordering the Moray Firth. In the north Dornoch Firth
The Dornoch Firth ( gd, Caolas Dhòrnaich, ) is a firth on the east coast of Highland, in northern Scotland. It forms part of the boundary between Ross and Cromarty, to the south, and Sutherland, to the north. The firth is designated as a nati ...
separates the county from Sutherland; near the Dornoch Firth Bridge
The Dornoch Firth Bridge is a road bridge over the Dornoch Firth, carrying traffic between Tain and Dornoch.
History
It was built for the Scottish Office. There had been recent substantial improvements of the A9 between Inverness and Tain, incl ...
lies the thin, tapering Ness of Portnaculter peninsula. In the north-east can be found the hammerhead-shaped Tarbat peninsula
Tarbat (Gaelic , meaning 'a crossing or isthmus'Place-names of Ross and Cromarty, by W J Watson, publ. The Northern Counties Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd., Inverness 1904; p.45) is a civil parish in Highland, Scotland, in the north-east corner ...
which is shared with Cromartyshire; across Cromarty Firth
The Cromarty Firth (; gd, Caolas Chrombaidh ; literally "kyles /nowiki>straits.html"_;"title="strait.html"_;"title="/nowiki>strait">/nowiki>straits">strait.html"_;"title="/nowiki>strait">/nowiki>straitsof_Cromarty.html" ;"title="strait">/no ...
lies the Black Isle (actually a peninsula not an island), which is also shared with Cromartyshire. To the south-east Beauly Firth
The Beauly Firth ( gd, Linne Fharair) is a firth in northern Scotland. It is the outlet for both the River Beauly and River Ness. The Beauly Firth is bounded at its western end by the town of Beauly and its eastern by Inverness, where it emptie ...
forms the border with Inverness-shire.
The county contains numerous lochs, the most prominent of these being Loch Ailsh, Crom Loch, Loch a' Choire Mhòir, Loch Fada, Lochan Gaineamhaich, Loch Cluanie
Loch Cluanie (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Cluanaidh'') is a loch in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland at the south-east end of Glen Shiel. It is a reservoir, contained behind the Cluanie Dam, constructed by Mitchell Construction and completed in 195 ...
, Loch Loyne
Loch Loyne is a loch in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Loch Loyne lies between Glen Garry and Glen Cluanie. The A87 road runs beside the eastern side of the loch.
Road and Dam
The first proper road across the Loyne was begun in 1821 by the ...
, Loch Monar, Loch Mullardoch, Loch a' Bhealaich, Loch nan Eun, Loch na Leitreach, Loch an Laoigh, Loch Calavie, An Gead Loch, Loch an Tachdaidh, Loch Sgamhain, Loch a' Chroisg, Loch Clair, Loch Coulin, Loch Fhiarlaid, Loch Dughaill, Loch Coultrie, Loch Damph, Loch Lundie, Loch na A-Oidhche, Loch Maree
Loch Maree ( gd, Loch Ma-ruibhe) is a loch in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. At long and with a maximum width of , it is the fourth-largest freshwater loch in Scotland; it is the largest north of Loch Ness. Its surface ar ...
, Loch a' Ghodhainn, Loch Ghaineamhach, Loch Bad an Sgalaig, Loch a' Bhraoin, Loch Fannich
Loch Fannich is a remote loch in Ross-shire, in Scotland. The loch is located west of Strathpeffer.
Etymology
The name ''Fannich'' may represent an adaption into Gaelic of an earlier Pictish
Pictish is the extinct Brittonic language spok ...
, Fionn Loch, Loch na Sealga, Loch Eye, Loch Glass
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch.
In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...
, Loch Morie, Loch Ussie, Loch Achilty, Loch Garve
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch.
In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spelli ...
, Loch Luichart
''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch.
In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...
, Loch Achanalt, Loch Meig, Loch Droma, Loch Glascarnoch
Loch Glascarnoch is a reservoir in the highlands of Scotland between Ullapool and Inverness. It is dammed on its eastern end.
The reservoir was created in 1957 and forms part of the Conon Hydro-electric Power Scheme. The A835
The A835 is a ...
, Loch Coire Làir, Loch Vaich, Loch a' Chaorunn, Loch na Caoidhe, Loch Beannacharain and the Orrin Reservoir.
Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Outer Hebrides and the third largest in the British Isles after Britain and Ireland. Due to its flatter, more fertile land, Lewis contains three-quarters of the population of the Western Isles, and the largest settlement, Stornoway. To the west lie the isolated and uninhabited Flannan Isles
The Flannan Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Flannach) or alternatively, the Seven Hunters are a small island group in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, approximately west of the Isle of Lewis. They may take their name from Saint Flannan, the 7th centur ...
. About north of the Butt of Lewis
The Butt of Lewis ( gd, Rubha Robhanais) is the most northerly point of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. The headland, which lies in the North Atlantic, is frequently battered by heavy swells and storms and is marked by the Butt of Lewis Lighthouse. ...
lie North Rona
Rona ( gd, Rònaigh) is a remote, uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic. Rona is often referred to as North Rona to distinguish it from South Rona (another small island, in the Inner Hebrides). It has an area of and a maximum elevat ...
and Sula Sgeir
Sula Sgeir is a small, uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic, west of Rona. One of the most remote islands of the British Isles, it lies approximately north of Lewis and is best known for its population of gannets. It has a na ...
, a remote group of islands which are included within Ross-shire.
Islands
Mainland
* A' Ghlas-Leac
*An Garbh-Eilean
An, AN, aN, or an may refer to:
Businesses and organizations
* Airlinair (IATA airline code AN)
* Alleanza Nazionale, a former political party in Italy
* AnimeNEXT, an annual anime convention located in New Jersey
* Anime North, a Canadian an ...
* Black Islands
* Crowlin Islands
* Eilean a' Chait
* Eilean a' Mhal
* Eilean an Inbhire Bhàin
* Eilean an t-Sratha
* Eilean Bàn
* Eilean Chuaig
* Eilean Dubh Dhurinis
* Eilean Furadh Mòr
*Eilean Horrisdale
Eilean Horrisdale is an uninhabited island in Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scotland.
Geography
Eilean Horrisdale is the largest island in Loch Gairloch. In front is the smaller, Eilean Tioram (dry island), which is connected to the mainland by ...
* Eilean Mòr
* Eilean na Bà
* Eilean na Bà Mòr
* Eilean na Beinne
* Eilean na Creige Duibhe
* Eilean nam Feannag
* Eilean nan Naomh
* Eilean Stacan
* Eilean Tioram
* Eileanan Dubha
* Fraoch Eilean
* Fraoch Eilean Mòr
* Glas Eilean
*Gruinard Island
Gruinard Island ( ;
gd, Eilean Ghruinneard) is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately long by wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. At its closest point to the mainland, it is about offsho ...
*Isle of Ewe
The Isle of Ewe ( gd, Eilean Iùbh) is a small Scottish island on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty. The island is inhabited by a single family, the Grants, who have lived at the Main House in the south of the island since the mid-19th century ...
* Kishorn Island
* Làrach Tigh Mhic Dhomhnuill
*Longa Island
Longa Island ( Gaelic: ''Longa'') is a small uninhabited island at the mouth of Loch Gairloch, on the west coast of Scotland. Longa is nearly in length with an area of and a maximum elevation of above sea level.
Geology
The island is main ...
* Sgeir a' Bhuic
* Sgeir a' Ghair
* Sgeir an Araig
* Sgeir an Fheòir
* Sgeir Bhuide
* Sgeir Bhuidhe
* Sgeir Chreagach
* Sgeir Dùghaill
* Sgeir Fhada
* Sgeir Ghlas
* Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh
* Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh Shuas
* Sgeir na Trian
* Shieldaig Island
* Strome Islands
* Ulluva
Lewis
* Àird Orasaigh
* Bearasaigh
* Bhuaile Mhòr
* Bràighe Mòr
* Bratanais Mòr
* Campaigh
* Ceabagh
* Ceabhaigh
* Cealasaigh
* Cliatasaigh
* Craigeam
* Cruitear
* Cùl Campaigh
* Eilean a' Bhlàir
* Eilean an Tighe
* Eilean Àrnol
* Eilean Beag a' Bhàigh
* Eilean Bhàcasaigh
* Eilean Bhinndealaim
* Eilean Chearstaigh
* Eilean Chalaibrigh
* Eilean Chaluim Cille
* Eilean Cheòis
* Eilean Dubh a' Bhàigh
* Eilean Fir Chrothair
* Eilean Liubhaird
* Eilean Mhealasta
* Eilean Molach
* Eilean Mòr a' Bhàigh
* Eilean Mòr Lacasaidh
* Eilean Mòr Phabail
* Eilean nan Uan
* Eilean Orasaidh
* Eilean Orasaigh
* Eilean Rosaidh
* Eilean Sgarastaigh
* Eilean Shìophoirt
* Eilean Teinis
* Eilean Thinngartsaigh
* Eilean Thòraidh
* Eilean Thuilm
* Eilean Trosdam
* Eughlam
* Eunaigh Mòr
*Flannan Isles
The Flannan Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Flannach) or alternatively, the Seven Hunters are a small island group in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, approximately west of the Isle of Lewis. They may take their name from Saint Flannan, the 7th centur ...
* Fleisgeir
* Flodaigh, Lewis
* Flodaigh (Outer Loch Ròg)
* Fuaigh Beag
* Fuaigh Mòr
* Garbh Eilean
* Geile Sgeir
* Glas Sgeir
* Gousam
*Great Bernera
Great Bernera (; gd, Beàrnaraigh Mòr), often known just as Bernera ( gd, Beàrnaraigh), is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. With an area of just over , it is the thirty-fourth largest Scottish island.
Great Bernera ...
* Grèineam
* Hairsgeir Beag
* Hairsgeir Mòr
* Lada Sgeir
* Langaisgeir Mòr
*Lewis
Lewis may refer to:
Names
* Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname
Music
* Lewis (musician), Canadian singer
* " Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohe ...
(''part of the larger Lewis and Harris island'')
* Linngeam
* Liongam
* Lìth Sgeir
* Little Bernera
* Màs Sgeir
* Pabaigh Beag
* Pabaigh Mòr
* Riosaigh
* Seanna Chnoc
* Sgeir a' Mhurain
* Sgeir Dhail
* Sgeir Dhearg
* Sgeir Ghlas Bheag
* Sgeir Ghobhlach
* Sgeir Leathann
* Sgeir Liath
* Sgeir Mhòr Shildinis
* Sgeir Mol Srupair
* Sgeir Sgianailt
* Sgeir Tanais
* Sgeirean An Arbhair
*Shiant Islands
The Shiant Islands (; gd, Na h-Eileanan Mòra or ) or Shiant Isles are a privately owned island group in the Minch, east of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They are southeast of the Isle of Lewis.Keay, J. & Keay, J. (1994) ''Collin ...
* Siaram Bostadh
* Siaram Mòr
* Tabhaigh Bheag
* Tabhaigh Mhòr
*Tamna
Tamna, or Tamna-guk, was a state based on Jeju Island from ancient times until it was absorbed by the Korean Joseon dynasty in 1404, following a long period of being a tributary state or autonomous administrative region of various Korean kingd ...
* Tanaraigh
* Tannaraidh
* Thalta Sgeir
* Vacsay (''Bhàcasaigh in Gaelic'')
North Rona
* Ghealldraig Mhòr
* Gralisgeir
* Lisgear Mhòr
*North Rona
Rona ( gd, Rònaigh) is a remote, uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic. Rona is often referred to as North Rona to distinguish it from South Rona (another small island, in the Inner Hebrides). It has an area of and a maximum elevat ...
*Sula Sgeir
Sula Sgeir is a small, uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic, west of Rona. One of the most remote islands of the British Isles, it lies approximately north of Lewis and is best known for its population of gannets. It has a na ...
* Thamna Sgeir
File:Eileanban.jpg, Eilean Bàn from the Skye Bridge, looking towards Kyle of Lochalsh
File:Longashags.jpg, Shag birds on Longa Island
File:View towards Isle of Ewe - geograph.org.uk - 1167340.jpg, The Isle of Ewe
File:Cave on Garbh Eilean, Shiant Isles - geograph.org.uk - 85271.jpg, Cave on Garbh Eilean, Shiant Isles
File:Calanais Standing Stones 20090610 01.jpg, The famous Callanish Stones on Lewis
File:Seana Chnoc and Bearasaigh - geograph.org.uk - 1263088.jpg, Seana Chnoc (at left) and Bearasaigh from the south west. Stac nam Balg is just visible to the left of Seanna Chnoc
Settlements
Mainland
*Achnasheen
Achnasheen ( Gaelic ''Achadh na Sìne'') is a small village in Ross-shire in the Highland council area of Scotland.
The village is situated on the River Bran at the junction of two roads built by Thomas Telford.
Despite the size of the village ...
*Alness
Alness (, ; gd, Alanais) is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the mouth of the River Averon, near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon 3 miles (5 km) to the east, and the village of Evanton 4 ...
* Applecross
* Ardgay
*Aultbea
Aultbea ( Gaelic: ''An t-Allt Beithe'') is a small fishing village in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southeast shore of Loch Ewe, about 30 km west of Ullapool. The village has a Primary School and a small Post O ...
*Avoch
Avoch harbour
Avoch ( ; from the gd, Abhach – meaning mouth of the stream) is a harbour-village located on the south-east coast of the Black Isle, on the Moray Firth.
History Origins
Ormond Castle or ''Avoch Castle'' was a stronghold built ...
* Ballintore
* Barbaraville
*Conon Bridge
Conon Bridge ( gd, Drochaid Sguideil, ) is a small village in the Highland region of Scotland. The current Gaelic name is likely a neologism: the bridge was not built until the early 19th century and some early gravestones show the name sgudal or ...
*Contin
Contin ( Gaelic: Cunndainn) is a Ross-shire village, and a civil parish and community council area between Strathpeffer and Garve in the Highland council area of Scotland. The parish has a population of 675.Culrain
Culrain (Cul Raoin) is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland.
Location
It lies west of Ardgay, beside the Kyle of Sutherland about west from the village of Bonar Bridge, where several rivers converge to flood into the sea through ...
* Diabaig
*Dingwall
Dingwall ( sco, Dingwal, gd, Inbhir Pheofharain ) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was an east-coast harbour that now lies inland. Dingwall Castle ...
*Dornie
Dornie ( gd, An Dòrnaidh) is a small former fishing village in the Lochalsh district in western Ross-shire Highlands of Scotland (2006 census). It is near the meeting point of Loch Duich, Loch Alsh and Loch Long.
The A87, the main road to Sk ...
* Easter Fearn
*Edderton
Edderton ( gd, Eadardan) is a village near Tain, lying on the shores of the Dornoch Firth, Easter Ross and is in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has approximately 388 inhabitants. It is the location of the Balblair Distillery, and of ...
*Evanton
Evanton ( gd, Baile Eòghainn or gd, Am Baile Ùr) is a small village in Easter Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies between the River Sgitheach and the Allt Graad, is north of Inverness, some south-west of Alness, and ...
* Fearn
*Garve
Garve () is a village on the Black Water river, in Ross-shire, and is in the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is situated northwest of Contin, on the A835, the main road to Ullapool on the west coast, close to where the A832 branches of ...
*Gairloch
Gairloch ( ; gd, Geàrrloch , meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland. A tourist destination in the summer months, Gairloch has a go ...
*Hill of Fearn
Hill of Fearn ( gd, Baile an Droma) is a small village near Tain in Easter Ross, in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Geography
The village is on the B9165 road, between the A9 trunk road and the smaller hamlet of Fearn to the southeast ...
* Invergordon
* Inverinate
* Kilmuir, Black Isle
*Kilmuir, Easter Ross
Kilmuir is a former fishing village, located on the north eastern shore of Nigg Bay, southeast of Kildary and northeast of Invergordon.
Geography
The village of Kilmuir is within the former parish of Kilmuir Easter. The parish was situated p ...
* Kinlochewe
*Kyle of Lochalsh
Kyle of Lochalsh (from the Gaelic ''Caol Loch Aillse'', "strait of the foaming loch") is a village in the historic county of Ross-shire on the northwest coast of Scotland, located around west-southwest of Inverness. It is located on the L ...
* Laide
* Marybank
* Marburgh
* Muir of Ord
* Mulbuie
*Munlochy
Munlochy ( ; Scottish Gaelic: ''Poll Lochaidh'') is a small village, lying at the head of Munlochy Bay (''Ob Poll Lochaidh''), in the Black Isle in Ross and Cromarty, in northern Scotland.
There are few early records of a settlement, but it see ...
* Nigg
*North Kessock
North Kessock ( Gaelic: ''Ceasag a Tuath'' or ''Aiseag Cheasaig'') is a village on the Black Isle north of Inverness.
Description
North Kessock is the first village encountered over the Kessock Bridge. Now bypassed by the main road to the north ...
*Poolewe
Poolewe ( gd, Poll Iù) is a small village in Wester Ross in the North West Highlands of Scotland, about northwest of Inverness, by Loch Ewe. The River Ewe, one of the shortest in Scotland, joins the sea less than from Inverewe Garden, renow ...
* Reraig
*Shieldaig
Shieldaig ( gd, Sìldeag; on, síld- vík, lit=herring bay)W. J. Watson''Place-names of Ross and Cromarty'' 1904, p. 208. is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Geography a ...
* Strathcarron
* Strathpeffer
*Stromeferry
Stromeferry ( gd, Port an t-Sròim) is a village, located on the south shore of the west coast sea loch, Loch Carron, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Its name reflects its former role as ...
*Tain
Tain ( Gaelic: ''Baile Dhubhthaich'') is a royal burgh and parish in the County of Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland.
Etymology
The name derives from the nearby River Tain, the name of which comes from an Indo-European root meaning 'flow'. The ...
*Torridon
Torridon (Scottish Gaelic: ''Toirbheartan'') is a small village in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. However the name is also applied to the area surrounding the village, particularly the Torridon Hills, mountains to the north of Glen Torrid ...
Isle of Lewis
* Achmore
*Adabrock
Adabrock ( gd, Adabroc), is a village in the area of Ness, Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Adabrock is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the B8015 between Lionel and Eorodale. It is at the northern tip of Lewis, south-west ...
*Aignish
Aignish ( gd, Aiginis) is located northwest of Knock and east of Stornoway on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The township is at the island side of the isthmus connecting to the Eye peninsula. Aignish is wi ...
* Aird
* Aird Uig
* Airidhbhruaich
*Arnol
Arnol ( gd, Àrnol) is a small village typical of many settlements of the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Arnol is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the A858.
Once a thriving township with over fo ...
*Back
The human back, also called the dorsum, is the large posterior area of the human body, rising from the top of the buttocks to the back of the neck. It is the surface of the body opposite from the chest and the abdomen. The vertebral column run ...
* Balallan
*Ballantrushal
Ballantrushal ( gd, Baile an Truiseil) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the West Side district, in the Outer Hebrides
The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster ...
*Barvas
Barvas (Scottish Gaelic: ''Barabhas'' or ''Barbhas'', ) is a settlement, community and civil parish on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. It developed around a road junction. The A857 and A858 meet at the southern end of Barvas. North is the road ...
* Borve
*Bragar
Bragar ( gd, Bràgar, ) is a village on the west side of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, from the island's only town, Stornoway. Bragar is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the A858 between Carloway and Barvas.
...
* Branahuie
* Brue
*Breaclete
Breacleit (or Roulanish; gd, Breacleit; Old Norse: ''Breiðiklettr'') is the central village on Great Bernera in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Breaclete is within the parish of Uig. Although the village name comes from a geographical feature r ...
*Breanish
Brenish ( gd, Brèinis) is a small village situated on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, which is part of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Brenish is within the parish of Uig. The name of the village is sometimes spelt Breanish (which is gen ...
*Breasclete
Breasclete ( gd, Brèascleit) is a village and community on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Breasclete is within the parish of Uig, and is situated adjacent to the A858.
History
Breasclete has several sto ...
*Calbost
Calbost ( gd, Calabost) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Calbost is within the parish of Lochs, and within the district of Pairc.
Calbost is known for its pretty scenery and lively fishing scene.
On November 1 ...
* Callanish
* Carishader
*Carloway
Carloway ( gd, Càrlabhagh, IPA: �kʰaːɾɫ̪ə.ɤː is a crofting township and a district on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The district has a population of around 500. Carloway township is within the par ...
* Caverstay
*Cliff
In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity. Cliffs are common on coa ...
* Coll
*Cromore
Cromore ( gd, Crò Mòr) is a crofting township on the Isle of Lewis in the district of Pairc, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Lochs. Cromore is about 27 miles away by road from Stornoway
Stornoway ...
*Cross
A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a s ...
*Crossbost
Crossbost is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the parish of North Lochs, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is located approximately ten miles away from Stornoway, the main town on the island. Due to its close proximity to the main island to ...
* Crowlista
* Dalbeg
* Eagleton
*Eorodale
Eorodale ( gd, Eòradal) is a settlement in the community of Ness, on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Eorodale is within the parish of Barvas
Barvas (Scottish Gaelic: ''Barabhas'' or ''Barbhas'', ) is a settlement, community and civ ...
*Eoropie
Eoropie ( gd, Eòrapaidh) is the most northerly village on the Isle of Lewis in the parish of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Eoropie is within the parish of Barvas. The Teampull Mholuaidh is to be found here. Eoropie is situated at the e ...
*Fivepenny
Fivepenny ( gd, Na Còig Peighinnean) is one of the many villages in the Lewis district of Ness (Nis in Gaelic) and part of the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Fivepenny is within the parish of Barvas, and is situated on the B8014, bet ...
*Flesherin
Flesherin ( gd, Na Fleisirean) is a small village on the Point peninsula of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Located near Portnaguran, the village has a population of around 100. Flesherin is within the parish of Stornoway. Flesherin is ...
*Garynahine
Garynahine ( gd, Gearraidh na h-aibhne) is a settlement on Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Garynahine is situated at a T-junction where roads from Stornoway, Uig and the west side of Lewis all meet. The roads are the A858 and the B8011. ...
* Garyvard
* Geishader
* Gisla
*Gravir
Gravir ( gd, Grabhair), is a village on the shore of Loch Odhairn (a sea loch) in the Park district of the Isle of Lewis. Gravir is within the parish of Lochs. There is a Free Church, a school and a voluntary fire station in the village. There ...
*Gress
Gress ( gd, Griais), a hamlet on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, is adjacent to the larger village of Back. Gress is within the parish of Stornoway. Between 1919 and 1921, Gress – along with nearby Coll and Tong – was the scene of several la ...
* Grimshader
*Habost
Habost ( gd, Tàbost) is the name of two crofting townships on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
One is in the Ness area at the northern tip of the island at and is home to an arts and music centre. It is a traditional area o ...
* Hacklete
* Holm
* Islivik
* Keose
* Keose Glebe
* Kershader
*Kirkibost
Kirkibost ( gd, Eilean Chirceaboist) is a low-lying island west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Geography
Kirkibost, along with neighbouring Baleshare, is covered by a machair system of coastal plains covered with shell sand, ...
*Kneep
Kneep ( gd, Cnìp) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Kneep is within the parish of Uig.
Various archaeological discoveries have been made at Kneep, including a Viking cemetery and a number of Viking burials, as ...
*Knockaird
Knockaird ( gd, An Cnoc Àrd) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the parish of Ness, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is the highest point in Port of Ness and is home to Dùn Èistean an ancient ruined fort on a small island that is joined ...
* Laxay
*Laxdale
Laxdale ( gd, Lacasdal) is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. Although nominally a distinct village, Laxdale is now effectively a suburb of Stornoway. Laxdale is also within the parish of Stornoway. There is a school ...
* Lemreway
*Leurbost
Leurbost () is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is approximately south of Stornoway on the road to Harris. It is the main settlement in the area of the island known as North Lochs. Leurbost ...
* Lionel
*Lower Bayble
Bayble ( gd, Pabail) is a large village in Point (''An Rubha''), on the Isle of Lewis, east of Stornoway. Bayble is also within the parish of Stornoway.
There are around 400 people living in Bayble. It is separated into Upper and Lower Bayble ...
* Mangursta
* Marvig
* Marybank
* Meavik
* Melbost
* Newmarket
* Newvalley
* North Dell
* North Galson
*North Tolsta
North Tolsta ( gd, Tolastadh bho Thuath) is a village in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the east side of the Isle of Lewis. North Tolsta is within the parish of Stornoway. Tolsta is notable for its long sandy beach Traigh Mhor At the end of ...
*Orinsay
Orinsay ( gd, Orasaigh) is a crofting village on the Isle of Lewis in the district of Pairc, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Lochs. Orinsay is from Stornoway
Stornoway (; gd, Steòrnabhagh; sco, ...
* Parkend
*Plasterfield
Plasterfield ( gd, Raon na Crèadha) is a hamlet in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, on the Isle of Lewis. Plasterfield is within the parish of Stornoway.
Plasterfield is a suburb of Stornoway and consists of two groups of houses, (built after Wo ...
*Portnaguran
Portnaguran () is a settlement situated within Point, on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Portnaguran is the township at the north-easternmost point of the peninsula. It lies southwest of Tiumpan Head and just south of the h ...
*Port of Ness
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ha ...
*Portvoller
Portvoller ( gd, Port Mholair) is a small village on the north tip of the Eye Peninsula (which along with Melbost and Parkend makes up Point), on the Isle of Lewis in northwestern Scotland. It is on the A866 from the Outer Hebrides' only town, ...
* Ranish
* Sandwick
* Shader
*Shawbost
Shawbost ( gd, Siabost) is a large village in the West Side of the Isle of Lewis. The village of Shawbost has a population of around 500 and lies around west of Lewis's capital Stornoway. Shawbost is within the parish of Barvas. A recent develop ...
* Sheshader
* Shieldenish
*Shulishader
Shulishader () is a small village with a population of around 120 people in Point, Outer Hebrides on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Located on the north-western side of the Eye Peninsula, it overlooks Broad Bay. Most of the village is over 60 ...
*Skigersta
Skigersta ( gd, Sgiogarstaigh) is a village to the south east of Ness on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is the easternmost settlement in the Ness district and is 5km (3miles) southeast of the Butt of Lewis. Skigersta is s ...
* South Dell
*South Galson
South Galson is a settlement on the northwest coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland. It is 11 km southwest of Port of Ness. The Galson Primary School closed in 1996. The populations of North Galson, South Galson, and Melbost ...
* Steinish
* Stornoway
* Swainbost
*Timsgarry
Timsgarry ( gd, Tuimisgearraidh) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Timsgarry is home to the Baile na Cille Church and the Uig Museum, noted for its giant Chessmen, discovered in the sands in 1831.
Geography
Ti ...
* Tobson
* Tong
*Upper Bayble
Bayble ( gd, Pabail) is a large village in Point (''An Rubha''), on the Isle of Lewis, east of Stornoway. Bayble is also within the parish of Stornoway.
There are around 400 people living in Bayble. It is separated into Upper and Lower Bayble ...
* Valtos
See also
*Mormaer of Ross
The Earl or Mormaer of Ross was the ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland.
Origins and transfers
In the early Middle Ages, Ross was part of the vast earldom of Moray. It seems to have been made a separate earldom in the mid 12t ...
* Bishop of Ross
* James McKenzie
References
External links
Map of Ross-shire
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