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==The portions of Cromartyshire== | ==The portions of Cromartyshire== | ||
Cromartyshire consists of twenty-three separated portions. Other counties with some detached parts have a main body of the county and detached parts nearby and in following that practice it is usual to consider the principal portion to be that containing the county town, Cromarty, but this is not the largest portion of the county but the second-largest, and is just one-sixth the size of the largest portion, the district of [[Coigach]] in the northwest. | Cromartyshire consists of twenty-three separated portions. Other counties with some detached parts have a main body of the county and detached parts nearby and in following that practice it is usual to consider the principal portion to be that containing the county town, Cromarty, but this is not the largest portion of the county but the second-largest, and is just one-sixth the size of the largest portion, the district of [[Coigach]] in the northwest. | ||
The parts of Cromartyshire (with a grid reference for an approximate middle of each, and with arbitary numbering) are: | |||
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1. [[Cromarty]], Resolis ({{getmapecho|NH697634}}) – ''"Main body" of the shire'' | |||
2. [[Coigach]] and the [[Summer Isles]] (includes [[Ullapool]]) ({{getmapecho|NC0904}}) – ''largest part of the shire'' | |||
3. Plaids ({{getmapecho|NH789825}}) | |||
4. Cnocan Mealbhain, Balcherry ({{getmapecho|NH818831}}) | |||
5. Knockbreck, Hilton ({{getmapecho|NH788806}}) | |||
6. Inver, Summerton, Lochslin ({{getmapecho|NH845814}}) | |||
7. Tarbat: Tarbat Ness to Portmahomack ({{getmapecho|NH935862}}) | |||
8. Tarrel ({{getmapecho|NH900809}}) | |||
9. Cadboll ({{getmapecho|NH881783}}) | |||
10. Delny and Tullich Muir ({{getmapecho|NH736735}}) | |||
11. Milton, Kilmuir, Kildary ({{getmapecho|NH773744}}) | |||
12. Amat (Strathcarron) ({{getmapecho|NH491904}}) | |||
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13. Dounie (Strathcarron) ({{getmapecho|NH548887}}) | |||
14. Scoraig (north shore of [[Little Loch Broom]]) ({{getmapecho|NH026954}}) | |||
15. South of [[Gruinard Island]] ({{getmapecho|NG944931}}) | |||
16. Gruinard House, north bank of the Gruinard River ({{getmapecho|NG975912}}) | |||
17. Dundonnell, upper reach of Little Loch Broome ({{getmapecho|NH090880}}) | |||
18. Carn Goraig and Loch Mòr Bad an Ducharaich ({{getmapecho|NH000860}}) | |||
19. Airigh Ghoirid ({{getmapecho|NH127836}}) | |||
20. Inverbroom, Fain ({{getmapecho|NH138787}}) | |||
21. Tollomuick Forest ({{getmapecho|NH340800}}) | |||
22. [[The Fannichs|Fannich Forest]] (north of [[Loch Fannich]] & includes [[Sgùrr Mòr]], the [[county top]]) ({{getmapecho|NH200694}}) | |||
23. Fodderty, Strathpeffer, Glensgaith ({{getmapecho|NH464616}}) | |||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 23:52, 30 December 2011
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 Summer Isles and Coigach behind | |
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| Area: | 370 square miles |
| Population: | 71,536 (with Ross-shire) |
| County town: | Cromarty |
| Biggest town: | Ullapool |
| County flower: | Spring cinquefoil [1] |
The County of Cromarty is a shire of the Highlands of Scotland, and certainly the most unusual in form. Cromartyshire consists of a number of physically-separated areas scattered across Ross from the east to the west coast. As Cromartyshire and Ross-shire are thoroughly interlaced, it is common to consider the geography of Cromartyshire and of Ross-shire together, the two being in practical terms inseparable.
Cromarty is the county town. It stands on the Black Isle on the North Sea coast, while the county's largest town, the fishing village of Ullapool, stands on the Atlantic coast.
The county's highest point is Sgùrr Mòr in the Fannichs, standing at 3,642 feet.
The arrangement of scattered parcels as one shire arises from the seventeenth century and the influence of George Mackenzie when the sheriff of Cromarty in 1685 and 1698. An influential man in the court in the days of King Charles II, James VII and William and Mary, he owned several estates in Cromartyshire as it was and in Ross and he sought to bring them together into one county, which was duly enacted. Mackenzie was later ennobled as Earl of Cromarty.
The portions of Cromartyshire
Cromartyshire consists of twenty-three separated portions. Other counties with some detached parts have a main body of the county and detached parts nearby and in following that practice it is usual to consider the principal portion to be that containing the county town, Cromarty, but this is not the largest portion of the county but the second-largest, and is just one-sixth the size of the largest portion, the district of Coigach in the northwest.
The parts of Cromartyshire (with a grid reference for an approximate middle of each, and with arbitary numbering) are:
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1. Cromarty, Resolis (NH697634) – "Main body" of the shire 2. Coigach and the Summer Isles (includes Ullapool) (NC0904) – largest part of the shire 3. Plaids (NH789825) 4. Cnocan Mealbhain, Balcherry (NH818831) 5. Knockbreck, Hilton (NH788806) 6. Inver, Summerton, Lochslin (NH845814) 7. Tarbat: Tarbat Ness to Portmahomack (NH935862) 8. Tarrel (NH900809) 9. Cadboll (NH881783) 10. Delny and Tullich Muir (NH736735) 11. Milton, Kilmuir, Kildary (NH773744) 12. Amat (Strathcarron) (NH491904) |
13. Dounie (Strathcarron) (NH548887) 14. Scoraig (north shore of Little Loch Broom) (NH026954) 15. South of Gruinard Island (NG944931) 16. Gruinard House, north bank of the Gruinard River (NG975912) 17. Dundonnell, upper reach of Little Loch Broome (NH090880) 18. Carn Goraig and Loch Mòr Bad an Ducharaich (NH000860) 19. Airigh Ghoirid (NH127836) 20. Inverbroom, Fain (NH138787) 21. Tollomuick Forest (NH340800) 22. Fannich Forest (north of Loch Fannich & includes Sgùrr Mòr, the county top) (NH200694) 23. Fodderty, Strathpeffer, Glensgaith (NH464616) |
History
The name of Cromartyshire comes from its county town, Cromarty on the tip of the Black Isle, whose name is from the Gaelic language but of uncertain origin, probably with the element crum meaning "crooked" and interpreted variously as "crooked bay" or the "bend between the heights".
Cromartyshire itself is an ancient shire, which was a hereditary sheriffdom in the family of Urquhart of Cromarty. In the latter part of the 17th century the sheriffdom was obtained by Viscount Tarbat, afterwards Earl of Cromartie, and at his instance several detached districts were annexed to the shire. The ancient sheriffdom, or old shire, comprises Cromarty parish, the greater part of Resolis parish, and a portion of the parish of Mullbuie.[1]
The shire has developed on both coasts. On the North Sea coast, on the Cromarty Firth is Cromarty whose port was formerly used by ferries, to export locally-grown hemp fibre, and by trawlers trawling for herrings. The port was a base for the Royal Navy during the First World War.
On the Atlantic coast, Ullapool on Loch Broom was founded as a herring-fishing port in 1788 by the British Fisheries Society. The town was designed by Thomas Telford.
Towns and villages
Major towns
Smaller towns and villages
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References
- ↑ Groome, F H: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4)
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