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Field Visit
Date June 1979
Event ID 1132664
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1132664
Fortrose NH 725 564 NH75NW 1 & 19
Fortrose was annexed to Rosemarkie and erected a royal burgh in 1455; in 1661 the rights of the united burgh were transferred to Fortrose. The medieval cathedral of Ross (NH 727 565) is in state guardianship; nothing can now be seen of Seaforth Castle, which is traditionally located at NH 727 567.
RCAHMS 1979, visited June 1979
NSA, xiv (Ross and Cromarty), 353; MacGibbon and Ross 1896-7, ii, 394-402; Pryde 1965, 28-30, no. 64
