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    Place name County Entry Source
    Caledonian Canal Inverness Shire Sutors of Cromarty, to the island of Lismore at the northern end of the Sound of Mull; and it divides Groome
    Cromarty Cromarty Cromarty, the county town and a parish of Cromartyshire. A seaport and parliamentary burgh, the town lies low on the southern shore of the Cromarty Firth, 2 miles W by S of its Sutor Groome
    Cromarty Firth Cromarty
    Ross Shire
    Cromarty Firth, the estuary of the river Conan, in Ross and Cromarty, commencing between Maryburgh and Dingwall, 5½ miles N of the head of Beauly Firth, and thence extending 19 3 / 8 north-eastward and eastward to the Moray Firth, where its entrance, 7 furlongs broad, is guarded by the North and South Sutors Groome
    Cromarty Firth Ross and Cromarty Cromarty Firth , arm of North Sea, extending 18 m. inland, with breadth of from 3 to 5 m.; forms a large and safe harb., capable of accommodating the largest vessels; the entrance, 1½ m. wide, is between two lofty wooded headlands, called the North and South Sutors Bartholomew
    Fearn Cromarty
    Ross Shire
    Cromarty. The village, Hill of Fearn, stands 50 feet above sea-level, 1¼ mile E by S of Fearn station, on the Highland railway, this being 3½ miles SE of Tain, and 22 NE of Dingwall; at it is a post office, with money order, savings' bank, and railway telegraph departments. The parish, containing also the fishing villages of Balintore and Hilton of Cadboll, 2½ miles SE and 2¾ ESE of Hill of Fearn, is bounded NW by Tain, NE by Tarbat, SE by the Moray Firth, S by Nigg, and SW and W by Logie Groome
    Hill of Nigg Ross Shire Sutor of Cromarty to the farm of Shandwick, it measures 4¼ miles in length and 2 in breadth; rises Groome
    Inverness Inverness Shire Sutors of Cromarty. Beyond, but still at no great distance, rises the huge lumpy Ben Wyvis (3429 feet), with its flat Groome
    Knockfarrel Ross Shire view to Craigphadrick in the vicinity of Inverness, and to the N Sutor of Cromarty.— Ord. Sur., sh. 83, 1881. Groome
    Nigg Cromarty
    Ross Shire
    Sutor of Cromarty, overhanging the entrance to the Firth of the same name. It belonged in ancient times to the Bishops Groome
    Ross-shire Ross Shire Cromarty Firth, rising with a steep inclination on the E side of the basin. Along the BlackIsle from Munlochy to the Sutors Groome
    Sutors of Cromarty Ross and Cromarty Sutors of Cromarty , two wooded eminences, Ross and Cromarty, on the opposite sides of the entrance to Cromarty Firth; the Southern Bartholomew
    Tarbat Cromarty
    Ross Shire
    Cromarty, containing the post-office and fishing village of Portmahomack, 9¾ miles ENE of Tain and 9 NE of Fearn station. Containing also Rockfield and a small portion of Inver, it is bounded NW by the Dornoch Firth, SE by the Moray Firth, S by Fearn, and W by Fearn and- for 3 furlongs -Tain. Its utmost length, from NNE to SSW, is 7 3 / 8 miles; its utmost breadth is 3¼ miles; and its area is 7660¾ acres, of which 2870½ belong to Cromarty, and 7 are water, 818 foreshore, and 49 tidal water Groome
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