Wester Ross
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Wester Ross is an area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the council area of Highland. The area is loosely defined, and has never been used as a formal administrative region in its own right,
Shieldaig, viewed from the road to Applecross
Liathach consists of steeply-terraced Torridonian sandstone.
Ullapool, founded as a fishing village in 1788.
Scots pine at Coille Creag-Loch near Shieldaig.
Ross, Scotland
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Ross is an area of Scotland. It was first recorded in the tenth century as a province. It was claimed by the Scottish crown in 1098, and from the 12th century Ross was an earldom. From 1661 there was
Wester Ross
…and has never been used as a formal administrative region in its own right, but is generally regarded as lying to the west of the main watershed of Ross (the eastern part of Ross being Easter Ross), thus forming the western half of the county of Ross and Cromarty. The southwesternmost part of Ross and…
Clach a' Charridh, a Pictish stone near Shandwick
Ruins of Fortrose Cathedral, seat of the Diocese of Ross from the 13th century
Dingwall Sheriff Court, built 1845: Ross-shire's main courthouse and meeting place of the county's Commissioners of Supply and the subsequent Ross and Cromarty County Council created in 1890