Fortrose

Fortrose, a watering-place of Ross-shire, on the inner Moray Firth, 10 miles NNE. of Inverness. It is one of the Inverness burghs; and its two portions, Chanoury and Rosemarkie, were constituted a royal burgh in 1590. The seat of a Columban monastery in the 6th century, of the bishopric of Ross from 1124, it retains the south aisle and chapter-house of a fine cathedral, demolished by Cromwell to furnish materials for his fort at Inverness. There are capital links, good bathing, and a new steamboat pier. Pop. (1851) 1148; (1891) 871.