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Rosemarkie, General
Burgh (Medieval), Town (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Rosemarkie, General
Classification Burgh (Medieval), Town (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 77212
Site Number NH75NW 74
NGR NH 73 57
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/77212
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosemarkie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (June 1979)
Rosemarkie NH 737 576 NH75NW 10
Rosemarkie probably attained the status of a royal burgh in the 13th century, but the earliest documentary evidence dates from 1455, when the burgh of Fortrose was annexed. Nothing can now be seen of what may have been a motte at Courthill (NH 735 576).
RCAHMS 1979, visited June 1979
NSA, xiv (Ross and Cromarty), 353-4; Armitage 1912, 322; Pryde 1965, 28-30, no. 64; 41, no. 98
