Ardersier
Sign in to savethumb|Ardersier Parish Church, built as the United Presbyterian Church in 1880 Ardersier () is a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands on the Moray Firth near Fort George, between Inverness and Nairn. Its name may be an anglicisation of the Gaelic "Àird nan Saor", or "Headland of the joiners", one local legend being that carpenters working on the construction of ecclesiastical buildings on the other side of the Moray Firth were quartered here.. however, the name Ardersier is documented centuries before the Cathedrals of Fortrose and Elgin were built, and it is more likely that
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Place details
- Locality
- Ardersier
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,110
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Ardersier
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Àird nan Saor
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NH782550
- UK place.map_type
- Highland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Inverness and Nairn
- UK place.post_town
- Inverness
- UK place.postcode_district
- IV2
- UK place.postcode_area
- IV
- UK place.static_image_name
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Ardersier
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1167
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.ardersierandpetty.cc
- Image
- Ardersier 2019.jpg
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- P7959
- Inverness-shire
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Medieval
- Clan feuds
- Jacobite rising
- Present
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
thumb|Ardersier Parish Church, built as the United Presbyterian Church in 1880 Ardersier () is a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands on the Moray Firth near Fort George, between Inverness and Nairn. Its name may be an anglicisation of the Gaelic "Àird nan Saor", or "Headland of the joiners", one local legend being that carpenters working on the construction of ecclesiastical buildings on the other side of the Moray Firth were quartered here.. however, the name Ardersier is documented centuries before the Cathedrals of Fortrose and Elgin were built, and it is more likely that the name signifies its topography - a high prominence (New Statistical Account).
Prior to the building of Fort George, a small fishing hamlet existed in the area of Fort George, with an economy based on small-scale commercial fishery. Its relocation eventually led to the creation of the village of Ardersier.