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. Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Ross and Cromarty: administrative county (1889-1975) Ross and Cromarty: district council (1975-1996) Ross and Cromarty: lieutenancy area (1996-date) Ross and Cromarty (Ros agus Cromba in Gaelic) was until 1975, an administrative county, originally formed in 1889 as a merger of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire. ...
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. Fortrose is a burgh in the Scottish Highlands, located on the Moray Firth, approximately ten kilometres north east of Inverness. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Culbokie is a small village in the north of scotland UK, Located on the north side of the Black Isle [1]. There is one school, Culbokie Primary (secondary pupils go to Fortrose Academy [2]), a shop/post ofice, Culbokie Inn and Findon Hall. ... External link Cromarty Firth Port Authority Categories: 1911 Britannica | UK geography stubs | Geography of Scotland | Special protection areas in the UK | Ports and harbours of the UK ... The Beauly Firth is an estuary in northern Scotland. ... The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular area of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness. ...
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.
With the Beauly and Moray Firth to the south, and the Cromarty Firth to the north, the BlackIsle only joins the rest of the land mass near Muir of Ord.
No-one knows where the name actually comes from, but it is thought that the term 'The BlackIsle' is connected with the dense natural forest that once covered this area of land.
This is intended as a look around the BlackIsle for those not familiar with the area, but does not display every place or village, merely a selection that could be included in a day trip around the BlackIsle.
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