Rothesay
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Rothesay ( ; ) is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde. It can be reached by a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry from Wemyss Bay, which also offers an onward rail link to Glasgow Central Station. At the centre of the town is the 13th-century ruin Rothesay Castle, unique in Scotland for its circular plan.
Key facts
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Baile Bhòid
- UK place.official_name
- Rothesay
- UK place.static_image_name
- Rothesay Pier - geograph.org.uk - 31029.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Rothesay Pier
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- 200px
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Argyll and Bute
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Argyll and Bute
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Argyll and Bute
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS 087 645
- UK place.post_town
- ISLE OF BUTE
- UK place.postcode_area
- PA
- UK place.postcode_district
- PA20
- UK place.dial_code
- 01700
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 73
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 361
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- Population
- 4390
- Image
- Rothesay Pier - geograph.org.uk - 31029.jpg
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Rothesay ( ; ) is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies along the coast of the Firth of Clyde. It can be reached by a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry from Wemyss Bay, which also offers an onward rail link to Glasgow Central Station. At the centre of the town is the 13th-century ruin Rothesay Castle, unique in Scotland for its circular plan.
==Etymology== In modern Scottish Gaelic, Rothesay is known as , meaning 'town of Bute'. The English-language name, which was written as Rothersay in 1321, Rosay around 1400, and Rothissaye around 1500, originally referred to the castle. Since the castle was surrounded by a moat connected to the sea, the name may have originally meant 'Rother's Isle' (the Old Norse suffix means "isle"), or it may be an alteration of the Gaelic word , meaning 'fort'.
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