NIS; Scottish Gaelic: Alanais) is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon 3 miles to the east, and the village of Evanton 4 miles to the south west. The parish has a population of 5,310, although the census locality, which includes part of the parish of Rosskeen, has a population of 5,186.
Population: 4,921
Latitude: 57° 41' 45.46" N
Longitude: -4° 15' 18.36" W
The Ardjachie Stone is an uncut but decorated red sandstone boulder discovered by farmers in 1960 on the Ardjachie Farm in the Tarbat peninsula of Easter Ross. It now stands outside of the museum of Tain. On it are depicted several dozen cup or ring…
The Seaboard Villages (Scottish Gaelic: Na Trì Port Mara) are three contiguous coastal villages, situated about 10 km southeast of the town of Tain in Easter Ross, Scotland.
Scorguie (Scottish Gaelic: Sgurr Gaoithe, "The Windy Ridge") is an area in the north west of Inverness located in the Scottish Highlands.
Muirtown (Gaelic: Baile an Fhraoich) is an area in the west end of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
The Longman (Scottish Gaelic: An Longman) is an area in the city of Inverness, in Scotland.
Loch Migdale is a freshwater loch (Lake) near Bonar Bridge, in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Lemlair House was originally built as a fortified seat for the chief of the Clan Munro in 1643. However it soon became the home of Colonel John Munro of Lemlair, a near relative of the chief. Lemlair is situated halfway north of Dingwall and south o…
Geddes (Scottish Gaelic: Geadais) is a small village located 5 km to the south of Nairn, in the Highland council area of Scotland.
Fyrish is the name given to an ancient area of land found just north of Evanton, Ross-shire, Scotland.
Fortrose was the terminus of a single track branch of the Highland Railway, in north east Scotland.
Falls of Orrin is a waterfall on the River Orrin, in the Highlands of Scotland.
Dunglass Island is an uninhabited island in the River Conon south-west of the village of Conon Bridge in the Highlands of Scotland.
Dornoch Academy (Scottish Gaelic: Acadamaidh Dhornaich) is a state secondary school situated in the small town of Dornoch in Sutherland in northern Scotland.
Delny (Scottish Gaelic: Deilgnidh) is a small hamlet in the parish of Kilmuir-Easter in Ross-shire, Scotland. It was once the seat of the Earl of Ross.
Crown (from the Scottish Gaelic: Crùn) is an area situated beside the city centre of Inverness, the capital city of the Scottish Highlands.
Crown Church is a parish church in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, located at the junction of Midmills Road and Kingsmills Road near the city centre. The first minister (1899–1907) was the Reverend William Todd, renowned for his fervent evangel…
The Battle of Mam Garvia, took place in 1187 in Northern Scotland. Domnall Meic Uilleim had resisted the King of Scots since at least 1179, he even had a claim to the throne as a grandson of King Donnchad II of Scotland. Lochlann, Lord of Galloway l…
The Barn Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland at Culloden, in the Presbytery of Inverness. Although the congregation is relatively young, and only received full status as a parish church in its own right in the late 1980s, the buildin…