Black Isle

The Black Isle (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Dubh) is an eastern area of Ross and Cromarty. It is nearly always referred to with the article in front.

Related Topics:
Scottish Gaelic - Ross and Cromarty

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It includes such villages as:

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• Conon Bridge
• Muir of Ord
• Munlochy
• Avoch
• Rosemarkie
• Fortrose
• Tore
• Cromarty
• Culbokie

Despite its name, the Black Isle is not an island, but a peninsula (Scottish Gaelic uses the same word for island and peninsula), surrounded on three sides by water - the Cromarty Firth to the North, the Beauly Firth to the South, and the Moray Firth to the East.

Related Topics:
Cromarty Firth - Beauly Firth - Moray Firth

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It was one of the earliest parts of the northern Highlands to experience "agricultural improvements", and was settled with many Lowland shepherds and farmers, especially from the north east.

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