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Fishing |
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By
Road take the A9 North from Inverness, a right turn for Fearn
is signposted after Nigg roundabout 2 miles south of Tain...
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| Fearn |
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A
selection of photographs of the Fearn area...
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| Taste
of Scotland |
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Anyone
with even a passing interest is aware of how quickly the food
scene can change – through innovation, fashion and our
seemingly insatiable desire for new tastes, flavours and styles...
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| Shore Excursions |
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Sightseeing Tours from the Port of Invergordon and
Day Tours from Inverness...
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| Wolsey
Lodges |
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This
pretty house at the end of a 500 yard private gravel road was
built in the first half of the 19th century and has been lovingly
restored. Surrounded by garden and arable fields, it has spectacular
views around the Easter Ross peninsula and over the Moray Firth
to distant hills... |
| Fearn
Farms |
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Fearn
is a 900 acre lowland unit in Easter Ross which has been in the
family for over a century. Cereals are our main enterprise with
Spring and Winter Barley being grown for malting...
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| Fearn
Hall |
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Details
and facilities. For details of condititions of let, hire charges
and to make bookings, please contact the hall caretaker on 01862
832487...
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| Inver |
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Inver is
situated on the south shore of the Dornoch Firth, between the
Royal Burgh of Tain and Portmahomack, within an area that once
supported five airfields. Bombing raids were made with
the Halifax bombers of 76 Squadron, against the Tirpitz and other
German warships in Norwegian waters...
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| Tarbat |
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The
Parish of Tarbat includes three coastal villages and a rural
hinterland. At the Disruption the minister and congregation left
the Established Church to enable the congregation to continue
a Christian witness dating back to pre-Columban times...
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| Easter
Ross Combination Poorhouse |
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The
Easter Ross Combination poorhouse was built in 1849-50 on a site
to the south of Tain in the locality now known as Arthurville.
It was notable as being the first new poorhouse to be set up
in the highlands and islands after the 1845 Scottish Poor Law
Act...
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| National
Archives |
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The
National Archives, which covers England, Wales and the United
Kingdom, was formed in April 2003 by bringing together the
Public Record Office and the Historical Manuscripts Commission.
It is responsible for looking after the records of central
government and the courts of law, and making sure everyone
can look at them...
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| Family
Heritage |
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The
following parishes are given as listed in The Imperial Gazetteer
of Scotland or Dictionary of Scottish Topography Edited by the
Rev. John Marius Wilson & published by A Fullerton & Co,
London and Edinburgh circa 1868...
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| Ross-shire |
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Minutes
of Meeting Held on Thursday 22nd April 2004, Community Wing,
Milton Primary School...
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| Scottish
Geneology Society |
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The
Scottish Genealogy Society is a registered charity (no: SC 016718).
Our objectives are to promote research into Scottish
family history and to undertake the collection, exchange and
publication of information and material relating to Scottish
genealogy...
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| Historic
Structures |
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Listed
Railway Bridges, Viaducts, Buildings& Associated Structures
in Network Rail Ownership...
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| Barbaraville |
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A
settlement in Easter Ross, Barbarville lies on the shore of Nigg
Bay, 3 miles (5 km) north east of Invergordon...
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| Scotsburn
Horse Trials |
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The
Scotsburn Horse Trials Association (SHTA) was established in
2002 to organise, administer and run horse trial events in the
Highlands. In the past riders in the Highlands
were unable to access British Eventing trials so last year a one
day pilot event was set up by SHTA, with show jump equipment borrowed
from local pony clubs and individuals...
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| RSPB
Nigg Bay |
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Nigg
Bay (reserve opens winter 2003) is an extensive area of mudflat,
saltmarsh and wet grassland on the Cromarty Firth. Large
numbers of wading birds, such as bar-tailed godwits and knots,
use the bay for feeding and roosting from October to March...
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| Events |
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Events
in and around the area...
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| Am
Baile - The Gaelic Village |
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Am
Baile offers a chance to look at the history and culture of the
Scottish Highlands and Islands. We have photographs, illustrations,
rare books and documents as well as short films, sounds, interactive
games and comics. You will find material from archives, libraries,
museums and private collections, much of it published here for
the first time...
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| Nigg
Cross Slab |
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Continue
on the minor road to Nigg and stop by the entrance to Nigg Old
Parish Church. The stone has been moved inside the church for
protection but it is open from 10.00am except in winter. This
is a cross slab that was broken and a piece is missing but what
remains is very intricately carved. The front has a full length
cross, about 8ft (2.4m) high, filled with animal designs and
coiled serpents...
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| Service
Partner |
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Gaelstrom
is Scotland's first online management consultancy for the tourism
industry. This service has been developed to meet the demands
of industry practitioners who will benefit from external advice
and consultancy, but need fast,
relevant and inexpensive responses...
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