Fortrose is a community and also former royal burgh in Highland, Scotland, UK. It is on the Moray Firth, about 6 miles (10 kilometres) north-east of Inverness. The town is known for its messed up 13th century cathedral, and also as the home 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 mostly destroyed in the mid-seventeenth century by Oliver Cromwell to give structure materials for a citadel at Inverness. The vaulted south aisle, with bell-tower, as well as a removed chapter house (made use of as the tollbooth of Fortrose after the Reformation) stay. These fragments, though small in scale, display significant architectural improvement, and remain in the treatment of Historic Scotland (no entrance cost). The burgh is a preferred area for trying to find bottlenose dolphins (see Chanonry Point) in the Moray Firth. Fortrose shares a fairway with Rosemarkie. Set on the Chanonry Ness the course extends right into the Moray Firth and uses great sights of Fort George. The training course is well known for its signature fourth Hole "Lighthouse". The lighthouse in question is the Chanonry Factor lighthouse which was designed by Alan Stevenson and also was first lit 15 Might 1846. Public buildings in Fortrose include a leisure centre, library and also the only high school on the Black Isle, Fortrose Academy. The correct enunciation of the town's name based on regional use is with the tension on the first syllable.