Cromartyshire was a county in the Highlands of Scotland, comprising the medieval "old shire" around the county town of Cromarty and 22 enclaves and exclaves transferred from Ross-shire in the late 17t
Cromarty Courthouse: County's courthouse, built 1773, which also served as meeting place for the Cromartyshire Commissioners of Supply and the town council for the burgh of Cromarty
Tarbat Ness from the south across the Moray Firth
Ross and Cromarty is an area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. In modern usage, it is a registration county and a lieutenancy area. Between 1889 and 1975 it was a county.
Cromartyshire
…shire, was Coigach, containing Ullapool and the area north-west of it. In 1889, Cromartyshire was merged with Ross-shire to become a new county called Ross and Cromarty, which in 1975 was merged into the new council area of Highland. Cromartyshire was anciently part of the province of Ross. Ross had been under Norwegian…
County Buildings, Dingwall, built 1965 as headquarters of Ross and Cromarty County Council
Sgurr Fiona and the Corrag Bhuidhe pinnacles on An Teallach in Wester Ross
Eilean Bàn from the Skye Bridge, looking towards Kyle of Lochalsh