43-665: The River Orrin is a river in former Ross-shire , Highland , northern Scotland. The River Orrin is dammed in Glen Orrin making the Orrin Reservoir . It later forms the Falls of Orrin , is joined by the tributary Allt Goibhre , and then enters the River Conon near Urray shortly before it flows past Conon Bridge into the Cromarty Firth . The river gives its name to the aircraft in
86-488: A royal burgh in 1226, the burgh becoming the seat of the Earls of Ross. James IV renewed its royal burgh charter in 1497. On the top of Knockfarrel (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Fhearghalaigh ), a hill about three miles (five kilometres) to the west, stands a large and very complete vitrified fort with ramparts. An obelisk , 51 feet (16 m) high, was erected over the grave of George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie , near
129-578: A pedestrian Heritage Trail , which launched in March 2023, with information boards at key historical sites around the town. As a result of storms in late October 2006, Dingwall was subject to widespread flooding the aftermath of which left the town and much of the Highlands north of Inverness, including the A9 and Far North Line , cut off for a time In August 2019 the town was once again flooded. Dingwall's Post Office
172-520: A peninsula not an island), which was also shared with Cromartyshire. To the south-east Beauly Firth forms the border with Inverness-shire. The county contains numerous lochs, some of which have been enlarged to use as reservoirs. The larger inland lochs are: Ross-shire included the northern parts of the Outer Hebrides , in particular the Isle of Lewis . Lewis is not an island on its own but forms part of
215-566: A single position. Despite sharing a sheriff from 1748, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire remained legally separate counties. They retained separate commissioners of supply, and from 1794 each appointed their own lord-lieutenants . From 1860 the commissioners of supply for the two counties were directed to work together on delivering some functions, notably relating to prisons. 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
258-618: A single-tier council area . 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 . Western Ross-shire, also known as Wester Ross , is typified by its mountainous Highland scenery, especially
301-506: Is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland . It has a population of 5,491. It was an east-coast harbour that now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north of Stirling . On the town's present-day outskirts lies Tulloch Castle , parts of which may date back to the 12th century. In 1411 the Battle of Dingwall is said to have taken place between
344-713: Is now called the Far North Line since about 1865. It also serves the Kyle of Lochalsh Line . Dingwall is on the former main road route to the north Highlands ( A9 ). Since the completion of the Cromarty Bridge in 1979, the main road has bypassed Dingwall. Heading west, the A834 joins the A835 road which is the main route to the north west Highlands, including Ullapool. Dingwall is the home of football team Ross County , who won promotion to
387-589: Is part of the University of the Highlands and Islands . Its focus is upon Theological Education, and is an accredited university for training Church of Scotland and United Free Church ministers and workers. Dingwall was a parliamentary burgh , combined with Dornoch , Kirkwall , Tain and Wick in the Northern Burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of
430-693: The Clan Mackay and the Clan Donald . Its name, derived from the Scandinavian Þingvöllr (field or meeting-place of the thing , or local assembly; compare Tynwald , Tingwall , Thingwall in the British Isles alone, plus many others across northern Europe), preserves the Viking connections of the town; Gaels call it Inbhir Pheofharain ( pronounced [iɲiɾʲˈfjɔhəɾaiɲ] ), meaning "the mouth of
473-620: The County of Ross , was a county in the Scottish Highlands . It bordered 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. The mainland had a coast to the east onto the Moray Firth and a coast to the west onto the Minch . Ross-shire
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#1732854965887516-520: The Glenelg peninsula (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. In the north-east can be found the hammerhead-shaped Tarbat peninsula which was shared with Cromartyshire; across Cromarty Firth lies the Black Isle (actually
559-525: The Inner Hebrides (notably Skye ). An act of parliament in 1504 acknowledged that the shire of Inverness was too big for the effective administration of justice, and so declared Ross and Caithness to be separate shires, with the sheriff of Ross to sit at either Dingwall or Tain . That act was set aside for most purposes in 1509, and Ross once more came under the sheriff of Inverness. Another act in 1649 re-stated Ross's separation from Inverness-shire, but
602-505: The Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. Cromarty was added to the list in 1832. The constituency was a district of burghs known also as Tain Burghs until 1832, and then as Wick Burghs . It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP). In 1918 the constituency was abolished and the Dingwall component was merged into the county constituency of Ross and Cromarty which
645-598: The Royal Mail as a postal county (including for the areas that were formerly in Cromartyshire) until postal counties were discontinued in 1996. The province of Ross is documented from the 10th century. Prior to that, the area was the northern part of the province of Moray . The boundary between Moray and Ross in the 10th century followed the River Beauly , which also marked the southern extent of Norwegian overlordship at
688-570: The Scottish Premier League in 2012 and finished the 2012/13 season in fifth place. Despite the town's small population, Ross County attract sizeable crowds to Victoria Park from across the whole surrounding area. The team reached the 2010 Scottish Cup Final , having knocked out Celtic in the previous round. Ross County won their first piece of major silverware in 2016, winning the Scottish League Cup by beating Hibernian 2–1 in
731-752: The Torridon Hills which includes such peaks as Beinn Eighe and Liathach . The highest point in the area of the pre-1889 county is Càrn Eighe at 1,183 metres (3,881 feet). The west coast of mainland Ross-shire onto The Minch and Inner Sound (opposite Skye ), is heavily indented with sea lochs and peninsulas. 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
774-516: The final . Television signals are received from the Rosemarkie TV transmitter and the local relay transmitter situated in Fodderty . Radio stations are provided by BBC Radio Scotland on 94.0 FM and BBC Radio nan Gàidheal (for Gaelic listeners) on 104.9 FM, MFR Radio on 96.7 FM and Highland FM on 107.1 FM which is an all-volunteer based community radio station. The town is served by
817-582: The 1985 British Airtours Flight 28M accident in which 55 passengers and crew perished at Manchester Airport. 57°32′57″N 4°29′28″W / 57.5493°N 4.4912°W / 57.5493; -4.4912 This Highland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Scotland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ross-shire Ross-shire ( / ˈ r ɒ s . ʃ aɪər / ; Scottish Gaelic : Siorrachd Rois ), or
860-582: The Peffery" or Baile Chàil meaning "cabbage town". The site of the Þingvöllr , and of the medieval Moothill, thought to have been established by the Vikings after they invaded in the 8th century, lies beneath the Cromartie memorial. In the early Middle Ages Dingwall Castle, which was established in the 11th century, was reputed to have the largest castle north of Stirling. King Alexander II created Dingwall
903-493: The appointment of sheriffs to the crown in those cases where they had become hereditary positions, as had been the case for the Sheriff of Cromarty . The scope for a major landowner or clan chief to control the office of sheriff, which had been the major cause of Cromartyshire being separated from the rest of Ross, was therefore greatly reduced. From 1748 the government merged the positions of Sheriff of Ross and Sheriff of Cromarty into
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#1732854965887946-574: The brutality of the evictions was later submitted anonymously to Pàdraig MacNeacail, the editor of the Canadian Gaelic column in which the poem was later published in the Nova Scotia newspaper The Casket . The poem, which is believed either to be or to draw upon eyewitness accounts, is believed to be the only Gaelic language source of information relating to the evictions in Glencalvie. The town has
989-657: The crown. The vested interests of the landowners influenced the boundaries of the new shire. Whereas the old province of Ross had not included any of the Hebrides , Ross-shire was defined to also included the northern Outer Hebrides , notably the Isle of Lewis , which was owned by Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth, a major landowner in Ross. (The rest of the Outer Hebrides stayed in Inverness-shire.) Conversely, Ross-shire excluded
1032-649: The larger island of Lewis and Harris , which is the largest island of the Outer Hebrides and the third largest in the British Isles after Britain and Ireland. Harris is in Inverness-shire . Due to its flatter, more fertile land, Lewis contains three-quarters of the population of the Western Isles, and the largest settlement, Stornoway . The only other island in the Outer Hebrides that was in Ross-shire prior to 1889 and
1075-458: The late 17th century, Cromartyshire was significantly enlarged to take over numerous separate tracts of land across Ross-shire. Despite many being some distance from Cromarty itself, they were owned by George Mackenzie, Viscount of Tarbat , who owned the barony of Cromarty and wanted all his lands to be in the same shire. Over time, Scotland's shires became more significant than the old provinces, with more administrative functions being given to
1118-525: The late 17th century, several of the parishes included detached parts of that county; the only parish that was entirely in Cromartyshire was Cromarty itself. Changes took place in the post-Reformation period. The parish of Applecross was created in 1726 out of part of the parish of Lochcarron. The parishes of Kilmuir Wester and Suddy were united in 1750 to form the parish of Knockbain . Urquhart and Logie Wester were united in 1845. The parish of Glenshiel
1161-421: The local newspaper, Ross-shire Journal . Dingwall has a primary school, Dingwall Primary, serving the town. Dingwall Academy is the secondary school serving the town and the wider area, including communities such as Strathpeffer , Contin , Conon Bridge , Maryburgh and Muir of Ord . The Highland Theological College is located within the town, housed in a former Scottish Hydro Electric office. It
1204-495: The name of the county of Ross and Cromarty." The new county of Ross and Cromarty came into being from the passing of the act in August 1889. The act also established elected county councils, which came into being in May 1890. Ross and Cromarty existed as a county until 1975. The Royal Mail used 'Ross-shire' as the name of the postal county for the mainland part of Ross and Cromarty, including
1247-449: The nominal jurisdiction of the Sheriff of Inverness (one of the three sheriffdoms created covering the province of Moray) rather than being given their own sheriffs. By the mid-13th century there were sheriffs at Cromarty and Dingwall , both within the province of Ross, but each appears to have had only a small area of jurisdiction around those towns, rather than the larger territories usually given to sheriffs. The Sheriff of Inverness
1290-438: The parish church of St Clement after he died in 1717. It was affected by subsidence, becoming known as the "Leaning Tower", and was later replaced by a much smaller replica. Dingwall Town Hall , which dates back to 1745, still survives. The Ferry Road drill hall was completed in 1910. Dingwall formerly served as the county town of Ross and Cromarty : the headquarters of Ross and Cromarty County Council, established in 1889,
1333-585: The parts which had been in Cromartyshire. Postal counties were officially discontinued in 1996. In 1975, Ross and Cromarty was itself replaced by the Highland region and the Western Isles , under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 . A lower-tier district called Ross and Cromarty covering a similar area to the mainland part of the pre-1975 county existed from 1975 to 1996, when the Highland region became
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1376-486: The position of sheriff of Inverness and was reluctant to cede his authority over Ross). Most of Scotland's shires had been created centuries earlier, when feudalism was at its height; many shires corresponded to the older comital provinces, or groupings or subdivisions of them. By the time Ross-shire was created in the mid-17th century, there were several powerful landowners in Ross, but the old title of Earl of Ross had become effectively extinct, having been merged into
1419-655: The sheriffs. In 1667 Commissioners of Supply were established for each shire, which would serve as the main administrative body for the area until the creation of county councils in 1890. Following the Acts of Union in 1707, the English term 'county' came to be used interchangeably with the older term 'shire'. Following the Jacobite rising of 1745 , the government passed the Heritable Jurisdictions (Scotland) Act 1746 , returning
1462-627: The small area of Cromartyshire , which just covered the area around the town of Cromarty at that time. Ross-shire also excluded other areas north of the River Beauly owned by Clan Fraser of Lovat , which stayed in Inverness-shire where that family was based, and the Ferintosh estate on the Black Isle , which was owned by the Forbes family based in Nairnshire , and so was made an exclave of that county. In
1505-402: The time. The Scottish crown claimed the overlordship of Ross and neighbouring Caithness (which then included Sutherland ) from Norway in 1098, but the process of establishing effective Scottish authority over the area took many years. Whereas Moray to the south was divided into shires (areas administered by a sheriff ) during the 12th century, Ross and Caithness at that time were placed under
1548-587: The west coast of the mainland. Only two were inhabited at 2011, being Dry Island in Loch Gairloch and the Isle of Ewe in Loch Ewe . Tanera Mòr in Loch Broom was part of Ross-shire when the shire was first created, but became part of Cromartyshire as part of the late 17th century boundary changes. In the medieval period the area was divided into the following parishes: After the extension of Cromartyshire in
1591-558: Was County Buildings in Dingwall. James Gillanders of Highfield Cottage near Dingwall, was the Factor for the estate of Major Charles Robertson of Kincardine and, as his employer was then serving with the British Army in Australia , Gillanders was the person most responsible for the mass evictions staged at Glencalvie, Ross-shire in 1845. A Gaelic-language poem denouncing Gillanders for
1634-553: Was created out of part of Kintail c. 1750. Kilchrist was absorbed into Urray in 1574. Lemlair was absorbed into Kiltearn in 1618. Nonakiln was absorbed into Rosskeen c. 1714. Kinnettes was absorbed into Fodderty c. C16th. The parishes of Cullicudden and Kirkmichael were united c. 1700 to form the parish of Resolis . 57°48′N 5°00′W / 57.8°N 5.0°W / 57.8; -5.0 Dingwall Dingwall ( Scots : Dingwal , Scottish Gaelic : Inbhir Pheofharain [ˈiɲɪɾʲ ˈfjɔhəɾan] )
1677-479: Was inhabited at the 2011 census was Great Bernera , which is linked to Lewis by a bridge. Ross-shire also included some small and now uninhabited islands, including the remote Flannan Isles to the west of Lewis. About 71 kilometres (44 miles) north of the Butt of Lewis lie North Rona and Sula Sgeir , a remote group of islands which were included within Ross-shire. Ross-shire also included numerous islands closer to
1720-502: Was named after and covered most of the ancient province of Ross , and also included the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides . The county town was Dingwall . Ross-shire was abolished in 1889, merging with Cromartyshire to form a new county called Ross and Cromarty . The area is now part of the Highland council area , except for the parts in the Outer Hebrides, which are in Na h-Eileanan an Iar . The name Ross-shire continued to be used by
1763-694: Was named the UK's most improved delivery office of the year in Royal Mail's 2021 Awards. Dingwall lies near the head of the Cromarty Firth where the valley of the Peffery unites with the alluvial lands at the mouth of the Conon, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Inverness . The town contains a particularly short canal, the Dingwall Canal , also known locally as the River Peffery. Dingwall railway station has been on what
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1806-420: Was only implemented for the purposes of appointing commissioners (as members of the Parliament of Scotland were called). A subsequent act in 1661 finally separated Ross from Inverness-shire for all other purposes. Kenneth Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Seaforth , was subsequently appointed as the first permanent Sheriff of Ross in 1662 (following some resistance from Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray , who held
1849-502: Was therefore still responsible for most of Ross and Caithness. The position of Sheriff of Dingwall did not endure. Following the crown's defeat of the rebellion in 1475 by John MacDonald , Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross , the Lordship of the Isles was fully absorbed into the kingdom of Scotland. The shire of Inverness was therefore enlarged to take in the Outer Hebrides and some of
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