Rosskeen

Scottish parish in Highland, Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rosskeen is a parish in Ross and Cromarty on the Cromarty Firth in northern Scotland, containing the settlements of Invergordon, Bridgend and Saltburn.^[1] It lies on the A9 between Inverness and Thurso.

Rosskeen Free Church

Rosskeen Parish Church

Notable Buildings

Newmore Farmhouse (1845) by Andrew Maitland^[2]
Rosskeen Parish Church (1833) under threat of demolition since 1972^[3]
Rosskeen Free Church (c.1870)

Invergordon Castle was formerly the principal residence but was demolished in 1928.^[4]

Notable Features

The Rosskeen Stone, a prehistoric standing stone.

The highest hill in the parish is Càrn Chuinneag, at 838m high. The parish contains two rivers: Balnagowan (Rorie) and the Alness.^[5]

Notable persons

Rev David Carment parish minister 1822 to 1843 and founder of Rosskeen Free Church of which he was minister 1843 to 1856
Very Rev John MacDonald (1860-1947) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1915.

References

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