Rogart
Human settlement in Scotland
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Rogart (/ˈroʊɡɑːrt/ ROH-gart, Scottish Gaelic: Sgìre Raoird or Raoghard, meaning "great enclosed field")[1] is a parish in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. The parish was the home of Major Andrew MacDonald, who fought in the French and Indian War.[2]
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Rogart
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 St Callan's Church in Rogart | |
  Rogart Location within the Sutherland area | |
| OS grid reference | NC745034 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Rogart |
| Postcode district | IV28 |
| Dialling code | 01408 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
It was originally a scattered crofting parish centred on the parish church of St Callan's, until the opening of the Rogart railway station at Pittentrail 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) to the southeast. The locus of the parish shifted when a new 'industrial' village grew around Pittentrail following the arrival of the railway in 1886.[3]
Pollen analysis suggests the planting of oak at Reidchalmai, Rogart, early in the first millennium AD, at a location where the species had not grown naturally for two thousand years. The mature trees appear to have been clear-felled in a single event towards the end of the sixth century.[4][5]
The village of Golspie is 9 miles (14 km) east of Rogart whilst Lairg is 10 miles west.
