Forres, General

Burgh (Medieval), Town (Medieval)

Site Name Forres, General

Classification Burgh (Medieval), Town (Medieval)

Canmore ID 15849

Site Number NJ05NW 68

NGR NJ 03723 58935

NGR Description Centred on 03726 58935

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15849

Digital Images

DP 019233

Oblique aerial view centred on the church and burial ground, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

7/7/2006

SC 2369103

Forres, General, NJ05NW 68, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1958

DP 019231

Oblique aerial view centred on the church and burial ground, taken from the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

7/7/2006

DP 019232

Oblique aerial view centred on the church and burial ground, taken from the W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

7/7/2006

SC 1438440

General View Forres, Morayshire, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North/East.

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Aero Pictorial

3/6/1955

SC 1438441

General View Forres, Morayshire, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North/East. This image was marked by AeroPictorial Ltd for photo editing.

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Aero Pictorial

3/6/1955

DP 019237

General oblique aerial view of the town, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

7/7/2006

DP 103359

Oblique aerial view of Forres Golf Course, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

26/4/2011

DP 019234

Oblique aerial view centred on the church and burial ground, taken from the ESE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

7/7/2006

SC 1438614

General View Forres, Morayshire, Scotland. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing North/East.

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Aero Pictorial

15/9/1958

DP 103358

Oblique aerial view of Forres Golf Course, taken from the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

26/4/2011

DP 019235

Oblique aerial view centred on the church and burial ground, taken from the E.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

7/7/2006

DP 019236

Oblique aerial view of the town centred on the tollbooth and town hall with the church and burial ground adjacent, taken from the E.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

7/7/2006

DP 164287

General oblique aerial view centred on Forres with Findhorn Bay beyond, looking N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

31/7/2013

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Administrative Areas

Council Moray
Parish Forres
Former Region Grampian
Former District Moray
Former County Morayshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ05NW 68 03 58.

See Burgh Survey.

An ancient burgh of the king granted by Robert I to Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray in 1312 and forfeited to the Crown in 1455.

G S Pryde 1965.

References

External Links

Moray Historic Environment Record

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