Fortrose
Fortrose is a community and also former royal burgh in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom. It gets on the Moray Firth, concerning 6 miles (10 kilometres) north-east of Inverness. The town is known for its ruined 13th century cathedral, and as the home of the Brahan Seer. Between Ages it was the seat of the bishopric of Ross, and also previously called Chanonry, for being the Chanory of Ross. The cathedral was largely knocked down in the mid-seventeenth century by Oliver Cromwell to provide structure products for a citadel at Inverness. The risen south aisle, with bell-tower, and a detached chapter house (made use of as the tollbooth of Fortrose after the Reformation) remain. These pieces, though modest in scale, present considerable architectural improvement, as well as remain in the treatment of Historic Scotland (no entrance cost). The burgh is a popular location for attempting to identify bottlenose dolphins (see Chanonry Point) in the Moray Firth. Fortrose shares a golf course with Rosemarkie. Set on the Chanonry Ness the training course extends into the Moray Firth and also supplies great sights of Fort George. The training course is well known for its signature 4th Hole "Lighthouse". The lighthouse concerned is the Chanonry Factor lighthouse which was developed by Alan Stevenson and also was first lit 15 Might 1846. Public buildings in Fortrose include a leisure centre, collection and also the only senior high school on the Black Isle, Fortrose Academy. The correct enunciation of the community's name based on neighborhood use is with the stress on the first syllable.
