Rosskeen
Scottish parish in Highland, Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rosskeen is a parish in Ross and Cromarty on the Cromarty Firth in northern Scotland, containing the settlements of Invergordon, Bridgend and Saltburn.[1] It lies on the A9 between Inverness and Thurso.
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Notable Buildings
- Newmore Farmhouse (1845) by Andrew Maitland[2]
- Rosskeen Parish Church (1833) under threat of demolition since 1972[3]
- Rosskeen Free Church (c.1870)
Invergordon Castle was formerly the principal residence but was demolished in 1928.[4]
Notable Features
The Rosskeen Stone, a prehistoric standing stone.
The highest hill in the parish is Cairn Coinneag, around 1000m high. The parish contains two rivers: Balnagowan (Rorie) and the Alness.[5]
Notable persons
- Rev David Carment parish minister 1822 to 1843 and founder of Rosskeen Free Church of which he was minister 1843 to 1856
- Very Rev John MacDonald (1860-1947) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1915.
References
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