Rosemarkie
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Rosemarkie (Template:Langx,[1] from Template:Langx meaning "promontory[2] of the horse stream") is a village on the south coast of the Black Isle peninsula in Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty), northern Scotland.
Geography
Rosemarkie lies a quarter of a mile east of the town of Fortrose. The pair make up the Royal Burgh Of Fortrose and Rosemarkie, situated either side of the Chanonry Ness promontory, about Script error: No such module "convert". north-east of Inverness. Close to the village the Markie Burn has its mouth in the Moray Firth. The stream runs into the Fairy Glen, a small and steep-sided valley established as a RSPB nature reserve. [3]
Rosemarkie fronts on a wide, picturesque bay, with views of Fort George and the Moray coastline across the Moray Firth. It has one of the finest beaches on the Moray Firth Coast Line.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". At the southern end of the beach is Chanonry Point, reputed to be the best location on the United Kingdom mainland from which to see dolphins.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The village is linked to Inverness by broadly hourly bus services, which are provided by Stagecoach Group.[4][5]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Pictish stones
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Notable people
- Vince Jack (1933Template:Ndash2006), footballer
See also
Footnotes
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- ↑ The Online Scots Dictionary
- ↑ Watson WJ Celtic Placenames of Scotland Blackwood 1926
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- ↑ Your personalised timetable - Download a full timetable Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ↑ Full timetable. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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