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    The Cromarty Firth (/ˈkrɒmərti/ ; Scottish Gaelic: Caolas Chrombaidh [ˈkʰɯːlˠ̪əs̪ ˈxɾɔumbaj]; literally "kyles [straits] of Cromarty") is an arm of the...
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  • Tarbat Ness. Cromarty Firth (loch-type firth with relatively narrow opening to the sea). The Firth runs out into the Moray Firth. Places: Cromarty, Dingwall...
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    at the tip of the Black Isle on the southern shore of the mouth of Cromarty Firth, it is 5 miles (8 km) seaward from Invergordon on the opposite coast...
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    Cromarty Firth is one of the 21 wards used to elect members of the Highland Council. It consists of North of the Cromarty Firth, west of the Tain and...
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    The Cromarty Bridge is a road bridge over the Cromarty Firth in Scotland. The bridge joins a junction with the B9163 to the south in Ross and Cromarty with...
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    burgh in the reign of King Alexander I of Scotland. Cromarty overlooks the entrance to the Cromarty Firth and was strategically important. A motte-and-bailey...
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    Ross and Cromarty (Scottish Gaelic: Ros agus Cromba), is an area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. In modern usage, it is a registration county...
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    including the Cromarty Firth and the Dornoch Firth. The Pentland Firth has its eastern mouth at the Moray Firth's northern boundary. The Moray Firth is effectively...
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    Nigg, Highland (category Populated places in Ross and Cromarty)
    Council. It lies on the north shore of the entrance to the Cromarty Firth. The Cromarty Firth has long served as a deep-water harbour. A marine fabrication...
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    Firth coast westwards through Kirkhill, Beauly and Muir of Ord. Continuing north through Dingwall, the road then began to follow the Cromarty Firth coast...
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    large flying boat base occupied much of the northerly coast of the Cromarty Firth. The naval base closed in 1956 (though the Oil Fuel Depot was retained...
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    tidal canal running from the town of Dingwall to the Cromarty Firth in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It was completed by 1819, to provide better...
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    Nigg Bay (category Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Ross and Cromarty)
    on the north east coast of the Cromarty Firth, 5 miles (8 km) east of Invergordon, in the district of Ross and Cromarty and in the Scottish council area...
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    coast of the Black Isle, overlooking the Cromarty Firth. The village is 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Cromarty and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Invergordon...
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    Fyrish Monument (category Ross and Cromarty)
    Alness. The site of the monument provides an extensive view over the Cromarty Firth and beyond, and Ben Wyvis can be seen clearly, especially impressive...
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    Dingwall (category Populated places in Ross and Cromarty)
    year in Royal Mail's 2021 Awards. Dingwall lies near the head of the Cromarty Firth where the valley of the Peffery unites with the alluvial lands at the...
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  • HMS Fieldfare (category Ross and Cromarty)
    Evanton, is a disused airfield in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies on the shore of the Cromarty Firth near the village of Evanton. In the 1934 edition...
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    Beauly and Cromarty Firths: one on the Black Isle at Ederdour; and the other at Dunkeath, near the mouth of the Cromarty Firth opposite Cromarty. The aim...
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    State Management Scheme (category Ross and Cromarty)
    War. However, there were three schemes in total: Carlisle and Gretna, Cromarty Firth, and Enfield. In 1921 Carlisle and Gretna was split into two separate...
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  • The Cromarty dialect of North Northern Scots was spoken in Cromarty, Scotland. The dialect originated from people who moved north from the Firth of Forth...
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    forms part of the boundary between Ross and Cromarty, to the south, and Sutherland, to the north. The firth is designated as a national scenic area, one...
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    their territory was along the western coast of the Moray Firth, in the area of the Cromarty Firth. Ptolemy does not provide them with a town or principal...
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    1916, based at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands and Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth in Scotland. Commander-in-chief, Grand Fleet: Admiral Sir John Jellicoe...
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    linear coastal village, which is situated on the northern shore of the Cromarty Firth, in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands, and is in the Scottish council area...
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    MV Cromarty Rose was the vehicle ferry serving the Nigg-Cromarty route across the Cromarty Firth, providing a summer only service from 1987 to 2009. MV...
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    Ross, Scotland (category Ross and Cromarty)
    Ross has a coast onto the Moray Firth. Ross's main towns are Dingwall (which was the county town of Ross-shire), Cromarty, Fortrose, Invergordon and Tain...
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    Scotland, 20 miles (32 km) north of Inverness. It sits on the banks of the Cromarty Firth overlooking the Black Isle, the "big meadowland" from which it takes...
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    the parish of Cromarty; most of the adjacent parish of Kirkmichael (excluding a portion at Balblair where a ferry crossed the Cromarty Firth to Invergordon);...
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    River Conon (category Ross and Cromarty)
    Urray, before flowing past Conon Bridge and into the Cromarty Firth (and thence the Moray Firth and North Sea). The river is part of the Conon hydro-electric...
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    Rosskeen (category Populated places in Ross and Cromarty)
    Rosskeen is a parish in Ross and Cromarty on the Cromarty Firth in northern Scotland, containing the settlements of Invergordon, Bridgend and Saltburn...
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