Fortrose
Sign in to savethumb|right|18th-century view of Fortrose ("Channery") Fortrose is a town and former royal burgh on the Black Isle in the Highland council area of Scotland, about 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.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.static_image_name
- Fortrose (2499056028).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Fortrose Cathedral
- UK place.official_name
- Fortrose
- UK place.gaelic_name
- A' Chananaich
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NH7256
- UK place.map_type
- Ross and Cromarty
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Ross and Cromarty
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
- UK place.post_town
- FORTROSE
- UK place.postcode_district
- IV10
- UK place.postcode_area
- IV
- UK place.dial_code
- 01381
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 118
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 449
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Names
- History
- Fortrose Academy
- Fortrose Library
- Black Isle Leisure Centre
- Transport
- People from Fortrose
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|18th-century view of Fortrose ("Channery") Fortrose is a town and former royal burgh on the Black Isle in the Highland council area of Scotland, about 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.
== Names == Fortrose was historically known as the Chanonry of Ross, as it was where the canons of Fortrose Cathedral made their homes. It is still known in Gaelic as , meaning "place of canons".