Dornoch Firth is an inlet in northern Scotland, near the Black Isle. The Black Isle is an eastern area of Ross and Cromarty and includes such villages as: 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, surrounded on three sides by water - the Cromarty Firth...
Together with Loch Fleet it is a designated as a Special Protection Area for wildlife conservation purposes. Additionally together with Morrich More it has the designation of Special Area of Conservation. Loch Fleet is a sea loch on the east coast of Scotland, located between Golspie and Dornoch. ... A Special Protection Area or SPA is a designation under the European Commission Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC). ... A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Commission Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora. ...
In 1991 the firth was bridged providing a shorter route on the A9 road between Inverness and Thurso; until then traffic had to go by way of Bonar Bridge at the head of the inlet. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The A9 is a major road running from the Falkirk area in the south of Scotland to Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness. ... Inverness (Inbhir Nis in Scottish Gaelic) is the only city in the Scottish Highlands. ... St. ... Bonar Bridge is a village in the County of Sutherland (it was South for the Vikings who named it!) on the banks of the Kyle of Sutherland estuary in the North of Scotland. ...
Long before a bridge was built across the DornochFirth closer to the sea, Bonar Bridge, named after the Thomas Telford bridge built in 1812, was the old crossing point of the Kyle of Sutherland linking it with Ardgay.
Edderton, on the south shore of the DornochFirth.
Dornoch is eight miles north of Tain beyond the bridge built in the 1980s and sits on a headland facing across the DornochFirth.
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