Fortrose
Fortrose is a town as well as previous royal burgh in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is on the Moray Firth, concerning 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Inverness. The town is recognized for its messed up 13th century cathedral, and as the house of the Brahan Seer. In the Middle Ages it was the seat of the bishopric of Ross, and also formerly called Chanonry, for being the Chanory of Ross. The cathedral was greatly destroyed in the mid-seventeenth century by Oliver Cromwell to provide building products for a citadel at Inverness. The vaulted south aisle, with bell-tower, as well as a detached chapter house (made use of as the tollbooth of Fortrose after the Reformation) remain. These fragments, though modest in scale, present significant architectural refinement, and remain in the treatment of Historic Scotland (no entrance cost). The burgh is a prominent area for trying to detect bottlenose dolphins (see Chanonry Point) in the Moray Firth. Fortrose shares a golf links with Rosemarkie. Set on the Chanonry Ness the course stretches out into the Moray Firth and also offers good sights of Fort George. The course is popular for its signature fourth Hole "Lighthouse". The lighthouse concerned is the Chanonry Point lighthouse which was designed by Alan Stevenson and also was first lit 15 May 1846. Public buildings in Fortrose consist of a recreation centre, library as well as the only secondary school on the Black Isle, Fortrose Academy. The right enunciation of the community's name according to regional usage is with the tension on the initial syllable.
