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Ross-shire

December 03, 2023

This article is about the historic Scottish county. For the joint county created in 1890 also known as Ross-shire, see Ross and Cromarty.

Ross-shire (/ˈrɒs.ʃaɪər/; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rois) is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland to the north and Inverness-shire to the south, as well as having a complex border with Cromartyshire – a county consisting of numerous enclaves or exclaves scattered throughout Ross-shire's territory. Ross-shire includes most of Ross along with Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Dingwall 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.[1]

Ross-shire
Historic county
Coat of arms
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
County townDingwall
Area
 • Total3,089 sq mi (8,000 km2)
 Ranked 3rd of 34
Chapman code
ROC (as part of Ross and Cromarty)

For shrieval purposes the area was first separated from the authority of the sheriff of Inverness by Act of Parliament during the reign of King James IV, the sheriff to sit at Tain or Dingwall.[2][3] Sheriffs were seldom appointed, and further acts of 1649 and 1661 restated its separation from Inverness.[4][5][3] The 1661 act also clarified the area encompassed, based on the pre-Reformation Diocese of Ross.[5][3] Sir George Mackenzie's Ross-shire estates were transferred to Cromartyshire by a 1685 Act of Parliament (repealed 1686, re-enacted 1690).[1]

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 for the mainland part of the local government county until 1996.

In 1975, Ross and Cromarty was itself replaced by the Highland region and the Western Isles, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The region became a unitary council area in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

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 edit

 
Sgurr Fiona and the Corrag Bhuidhe pinnacles on An Teallach in Wester Ross

Western Ross-shire, also known as Wester Ross, is typified by its mountainous Highland scenery, especially the Torridon Hills which includes such peaks as Beinn Eighe and Liathach. The highest point in the county is Càrn Eighe at 1,183 metres (3,881 feet). It contains a long, fractured coastline along The Minch 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, Gruinard Bay, Rubha Mòr peninsula, Loch Ewe, Rua Reidh/Melvaig peninsula, Loch Gairloch, Loch Torridon, Applecross peninsula, Loch Kishorn, Loch Carron, Lochalsh peninsula, Loch Long, Loch Duich and the Glenelg peninsula which is shared with Inverness-shire.

The eastern half (Easter Ross) is generally flatter, and consists of towns, villages and farmland bordering the Moray Firth. In the north Dornoch Firth separates the county from Sutherland; near the Dornoch Firth Bridge lies the thin, tapering Ness of Portnaculter peninsula. In the north-east can be found the hammerhead-shaped Tarbat peninsula which is shared with Cromartyshire; across Cromarty Firth lies the Black Isle (actually a peninsula not an island), which is also shared with Cromartyshire. To the south-east Beauly Firth 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 Loyne, 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 a' Ghodhainn, Loch Ghaineamhach, Loch Bad an Sgalaig, Loch a' Bhraoin, Loch Fannich, Fionn Loch, Loch na Sealga, Loch Eye, Loch Glass, Loch Morie, Loch Ussie, Loch Achilty, Loch Garve, Loch Luichart, Loch Achanalt, Loch Meig, Loch Droma, Loch Glascarnoch, 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. About 71 kilometres (44 miles) north of the Butt of Lewis lie North Rona and Sula Sgeir, a remote group of islands which are included within Ross-shire.

Islands edit

Mainland edit

  • A' Ghlas-Leac
  • An Garbh-Eilean
  • 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 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
  • Isle of Ewe
  • Kishorn Island
  • Làrach Tigh Mhic Dhomhnuill
  • Longa Island
  • 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 edit

  • 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
  • Fleisgeir
  • Flodaigh, Lewis
  • Flodaigh (Outer Loch Ròg)
  • Fuaigh Beag
  • Fuaigh Mòr
  • Garbh Eilean
  • Geile Sgeir
  • Glas Sgeir
  • Gousam
  • Great Bernera
  • Grèineam
  • Hairsgeir Beag
  • Hairsgeir Mòr
  • Lada Sgeir
  • Langaisgeir Mòr
  • Lewis (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
  • Siaram Bostadh
  • Siaram Mòr
  • Tabhaigh Bheag
  • Tabhaigh Mhòr
  • Tamna
  • Tanaraigh
  • Tannaraidh
  • Thalta Sgeir
  • Vacsay (Bhàcasaigh in Gaelic)

North Rona edit

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    Eilean Bàn from the Skye Bridge, looking towards Kyle of Lochalsh

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    Shag birds on Longa Island

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    The Isle of Ewe

  •  

    Cave on Garbh Eilean, Shiant Isles

  •  

    The famous Callanish Stones on Lewis

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    Seana Chnoc (at left) and Bearasaigh from the south west. Stac nam Balg is just visible to the left of Seanna Chnoc

Settlements edit

Mainland edit

 
Dingwall, with Ben Wyvis in the distance
 
Shieldaig

Isle of Lewis edit

 
Stornoway

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Mackenzie, Sir George Steuart (1810). General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Ross and Cromarty: With Observations on the Means of Their Improvement. Richard Phillips. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 28 March 2013.; RPS 1685/4/66, RPS 1685/4/67, RPS 1686/4/35, RPS 1690/4/108, RPS 1690/4/119
  2. ^ "Records of the Parliaments of Scotland". www.rps.ac.uk.
  3. ^ a b c Kennedy, Allan D. (3 April 2014). Governing Gaeldom: The Scottish Highlands and the Restoration State, 1660-1688. BRILL. pp. 155–156. ISBN 9789004269255. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Records of the Parliaments of Scotland". www.rps.ac.uk.
  5. ^ a b "Records of the Parliaments of Scotland". www.rps.ac.uk.

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This article is about the historic Scottish county For the joint county created in 1890 also known as Ross shire see Ross and Cromarty This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ross shire news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ross shire ˈ r ɒ s ʃ aɪer Scottish Gaelic Siorrachd Rois is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands The county borders Sutherland to the north and Inverness shire to the south as well as having a complex border with Cromartyshire a county consisting of numerous enclaves or exclaves scattered throughout Ross shire s territory Ross shire includes most of Ross along with Lewis in the Outer Hebrides Dingwall 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 1 Ross shireHistoric countyCoat of armsSovereign state United KingdomCountry ScotlandCounty townDingwallArea Total3 089 sq mi 8 000 km2 Ranked 3rd of 34Chapman codeROC as part of Ross and Cromarty For shrieval purposes the area was first separated from the authority of the sheriff of Inverness by Act of Parliament during the reign of King James IV the sheriff to sit at Tain or Dingwall 2 3 Sheriffs were seldom appointed and further acts of 1649 and 1661 restated its separation from Inverness 4 5 3 The 1661 act also clarified the area encompassed based on the pre Reformation Diocese of Ross 5 3 Sir George Mackenzie s Ross shire estates were transferred to Cromartyshire by a 1685 Act of Parliament repealed 1686 re enacted 1690 1 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 for the mainland part of the local government county until 1996 In 1975 Ross and Cromarty was itself replaced by the Highland region and the Western Isles under the Local Government Scotland Act 1973 The region became a unitary council area in 1996 under the Local Government etc Scotland Act 1994 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 Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Islands 1 1 1 Mainland 1 1 2 Lewis 1 1 3 North Rona 2 Settlements 2 1 Mainland 2 2 Isle of Lewis 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksGeography edit nbsp Sgurr Fiona and the Corrag Bhuidhe pinnacles on An Teallach in Wester RossWestern Ross shire also known as Wester Ross is typified by its mountainous Highland scenery especially the Torridon Hills which includes such peaks as Beinn Eighe and Liathach The highest point in the county is Carn Eighe at 1 183 metres 3 881 feet It contains a long fractured coastline along The Minch 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 Gruinard Bay Rubha Mor peninsula Loch Ewe Rua Reidh Melvaig peninsula Loch Gairloch Loch Torridon Applecross peninsula Loch Kishorn Loch Carron Lochalsh peninsula Loch Long Loch Duich and the Glenelg peninsula which is shared with Inverness shire The eastern half Easter Ross is generally flatter and consists of towns villages and farmland bordering the Moray Firth In the north Dornoch Firth separates the county from Sutherland near the Dornoch Firth Bridge lies the thin tapering Ness of Portnaculter peninsula In the north east can be found the hammerhead shaped Tarbat peninsula which is shared with Cromartyshire across Cromarty Firth lies the Black Isle actually a peninsula not an island which is also shared with Cromartyshire To the south east Beauly Firth forms the border with Inverness shire The county contains numerous lochs the most prominent of these being Loch Ailsh Crom Loch Loch a Choire Mhoir Loch Fada Lochan Gaineamhaich Loch Cluanie Loch Loyne 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 a Ghodhainn Loch Ghaineamhach Loch Bad an Sgalaig Loch a Bhraoin Loch Fannich Fionn Loch Loch na Sealga Loch Eye Loch Glass Loch Morie Loch Ussie Loch Achilty Loch Garve Loch Luichart Loch Achanalt Loch Meig Loch Droma Loch Glascarnoch Loch Coire Lair 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 About 71 kilometres 44 miles north of the Butt of Lewis lie North Rona and Sula Sgeir a remote group of islands which are included within Ross shire Islands edit Mainland edit A Ghlas Leac An Garbh Eilean Black Islands Crowlin Islands Eilean a Chait Eilean a Mhal Eilean an Inbhire Bhain Eilean an t Sratha Eilean Ban Eilean Chuaig Eilean Dubh Dhurinis Eilean Furadh Mor Eilean Horrisdale Eilean Mor Eilean na Ba Eilean na Ba Mor Eilean na Beinne Eilean na Creige Duibhe Eilean nam Feannag Eilean nan Naomh Eilean Stacan Eilean Tioram Eileanan Dubha Fraoch Eilean Fraoch Eilean Mor Glas Eilean Gruinard Island Isle of Ewe Kishorn Island Larach Tigh Mhic Dhomhnuill Longa Island Sgeir a Bhuic Sgeir a Ghair Sgeir an Araig Sgeir an Fheoir Sgeir Bhuide Sgeir Bhuidhe Sgeir Chreagach Sgeir Dughaill Sgeir Fhada Sgeir Ghlas Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh Shuas Sgeir na Trian Shieldaig Island Strome Islands Ulluva Lewis edit Aird Orasaigh Bearasaigh Bhuaile Mhor Braighe Mor Bratanais Mor Campaigh Ceabagh Ceabhaigh Cealasaigh Cliatasaigh Craigeam Cruitear Cul Campaigh Eilean a Bhlair Eilean an Tighe Eilean Arnol Eilean Beag a Bhaigh Eilean Bhacasaigh Eilean Bhinndealaim Eilean Chearstaigh Eilean Chalaibrigh Eilean Chaluim Cille Eilean Cheois Eilean Dubh a Bhaigh Eilean Fir Chrothair Eilean Liubhaird Eilean Mhealasta Eilean Molach Eilean Mor a Bhaigh Eilean Mor Lacasaidh Eilean Mor Phabail Eilean nan Uan Eilean Orasaidh Eilean Orasaigh Eilean Rosaidh Eilean Sgarastaigh Eilean Shiophoirt Eilean Teinis Eilean Thinngartsaigh Eilean Thoraidh Eilean Thuilm Eilean Trosdam Eughlam Eunaigh Mor Flannan Isles Fleisgeir Flodaigh Lewis Flodaigh Outer Loch Rog Fuaigh Beag Fuaigh Mor Garbh Eilean Geile Sgeir Glas Sgeir Gousam Great Bernera Greineam Hairsgeir Beag Hairsgeir Mor Lada Sgeir Langaisgeir Mor Lewis part of the larger Lewis and Harris island Linngeam Liongam Lith Sgeir Little Bernera Mas Sgeir Pabaigh Beag Pabaigh Mor Riosaigh Seanna Chnoc Sgeir a Mhurain Sgeir Dhail Sgeir Dhearg Sgeir Ghlas Bheag Sgeir Ghobhlach Sgeir Leathann Sgeir Liath Sgeir Mhor Shildinis Sgeir Mol Srupair Sgeir Sgianailt Sgeir Tanais Sgeirean An Arbhair Shiant Islands Siaram Bostadh Siaram Mor Tabhaigh Bheag Tabhaigh Mhor Tamna Tanaraigh Tannaraidh Thalta Sgeir Vacsay Bhacasaigh in Gaelic North Rona edit Ghealldraig Mhor Gralisgeir Lisgear Mhor North Rona Sula Sgeir Thamna Sgeir nbsp Eilean Ban from the Skye Bridge looking towards Kyle of Lochalsh nbsp Shag birds on Longa Island nbsp The Isle of Ewe nbsp Cave on Garbh Eilean Shiant Isles nbsp The famous Callanish Stones on Lewis nbsp Seana Chnoc at left and Bearasaigh from the south west Stac nam Balg is just visible to the left of Seanna ChnocSettlements editMainland edit nbsp Dingwall with Ben Wyvis in the distance nbsp ShieldaigAchnasheen Alness Applecross Ardgay Aultbea Avoch Ballintore Barbaraville Conon Bridge Contin Culrain Diabaig Dingwall Dornie Easter Fearn Edderton Evanton Fearn Fortrose Garve Gairloch Hill of Fearn Invergordon Inverinate Kilmuir Black Isle Kilmuir Easter Ross Kinlochewe Kyle of Lochalsh Laide Marybank Marburgh Muir of Ord Mulbuie Munlochy Nigg North Kessock Poolewe Reraig Shieldaig Strathcarron Strathpeffer Stromeferry Tain Torridon Isle of Lewis edit nbsp StornowayAchmore Adabrock Aignish Aird Aird Uig Airidhbhruaich Arnol Back Balallan Ballantrushal Barvas Borve Bragar Branahuie Brue Breaclete Breanish Breasclete Calbost Callanish Carishader Carloway Caverstay Cliff Coll Cromore Cross Crossbost Crowlista Dalbeg Eagleton Eorodale Eoropie Fivepenny Flesherin Garynahine Garyvard Geishader Gisla Gravir Gress Grimshader Habost Hacklete Holm Islivik Keose Keose Glebe Kershader Kirkibost Kneep Knockaird Laxay Laxdale Lemreway Leurbost Lionel Lower Bayble Mangursta Marvig Marybank Meavik Melbost Newmarket Newvalley North Dell North Galson North Tolsta Orinsay Parkend Plasterfield Portnaguran Port of Ness Portvoller Ranish Sandwick Shader Shawbost Sheshader Shieldenish Shulishader Skigersta South Dell South Galson Steinish Stornoway Swainbost Timsgarry Tobson Tong Upper Bayble ValtosSee also editMormaer of Ross Bishop of Ross James McKenzieReferences edit a b Mackenzie Sir George Steuart 1810 General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Ross and Cromarty With Observations on the Means of Their Improvement Richard Phillips pp 15 16 Retrieved 28 March 2013 RPS 1685 4 66 RPS 1685 4 67 RPS 1686 4 35 RPS 1690 4 108 RPS 1690 4 119 Records of the Parliaments of Scotland www rps ac uk a b c Kennedy Allan D 3 April 2014 Governing Gaeldom The Scottish Highlands and the Restoration State 1660 1688 BRILL pp 155 156 ISBN 9789004269255 Retrieved 24 April 2017 Records of the Parliaments of Scotland www rps ac uk a b Records of the Parliaments of Scotland www rps ac uk External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ross shire Map of Ross shire on Wikishire 57 48 N 5 00 W 57 8 N 5 0 W 57 8 5 0 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ross shire amp oldid 1173336499, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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