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FORTROSE (Gaelic for t'rois, " the See also:wood on the promontory ")  , a royal and See also:police See also:burgh, and seaport of the See also:county of See also:Ross and See also:Cromarty, See also:Scotland . Pop .. (1901) 1179 . It is situated on the See also:south-eastern See also:coast of the See also:peninsula of the See also:Black Isle, 8 m. due N.N.E. of See also:Inverness, 264 m. by See also:rail . It is the See also:terminus of the Black Isle See also:branch of the Highland railway; there is communication by steamer with Inverness and also with Fort See also:George, 22 M. distant, by See also:ferry from Chanonry Ness . See also:Fortrose consists of the two towns of Rosemarkie and Chanonry, about 1 m. apart, which were See also:united into a See also:free burgh by See also:James II. in 1455 and created a royal burgh in 1590 . It s a See also:place of consider-able antiquity, a monastery having been established in the 6th See also:century by St Moluag, a friend of See also:Columba's, and St See also:Peter's See also:church built in the 8th century . In 1124 See also:David I. instituted the bishopric of Ross, with its seat here, and the See also:town acquired some fame for its school of See also:theology and See also:law . The See also:cathedral is believed to have been founded in 1330 by the countess of Ross (her canopied See also:tomb, against the See also:chancel See also:wall, still exists) and finished in 1485 by See also:Abbot See also:Fraser, whose previous See also:residence at See also:Melrose is said to See also:account for the Perpendicular features of his portion of the See also:work . It was See also:Early Decorated in See also:style, cruciform in See also:plan, and built of red See also:sandstone, but all that is See also:left are the south aisles of the See also:nave and the chancel, with the See also:chapter-See also:house, a two-storeyed structure, See also:standing apart near the See also:north-eastern corner . The cathedral and See also:bishop's See also:palace were destroyed by See also:order of See also:Cromwell, who used the stones for his See also:great fort at Inverness . Another relic of the past survives in the See also:bell of 1460 .

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form the See also:chief See also:object of See also:interest in the town, but other buildings include the See also:academy and the Black Isle See also:combination poorhouse . The town is an agricultural centre of some consequence, and the See also:harbour is kept in repair . Rosemarkie, in the See also:churchyard of which is an See also:ancient See also:Celtic See also:cross, is much resorted to for See also:sea-bathing, and there is a See also:golf course in Chanonry Ness . The burgh belongs to the Inverness See also:district See also:group of See also:parliamentary burghs .

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