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Dingwall

Dingwall (Gaelic: Inbhir Pheofharain) is a town and former royal burgh

Royal burgh

A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished in 1975, the term is still used in many of the former burghs....
in the Highland council area

Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
of Scotland. It has a population of 5,026. It formerly functioned as an east-coast port

Harbor

A harbor or harbour , or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. Harbors can be man-made or natural....
, but now lies inland. The town once boasted a small castle

Castle

A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning, but it is usually regarded as being distinct from the general terms fort or fortress in that it describes a residence of a monarch or noble and commands a specific defensive territor...
, and on its present-day outskirts lies another — Tulloch Castle

Tulloch Castle

Tulloch Castle is located in the town of Dingwall in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. It dates from the 12th century, when it is thought to have been built by Norsemen....
, parts of which may date back to the 12th-century building.

Dingwall railway station

Dingwall railway station

Dingwall railway station serves Dingwall, in the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It is on the junction of the Far North Line and the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, and served by First ScotRail....
has lain on what is now called the Far North Line

Far North Line

The Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick, Highland....
since circa 1865.

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Dingwall (Gaelic: Inbhir Pheofharain) is a town and former royal burgh

Royal burgh

Highland (council area)

Harbor

Castle

Tulloch Castle

Dingwall railway station

Far North Line

The Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick, Highland....
since circa 1865. It also serves the Kyle of Lochalsh Line

Kyle of Lochalsh Line

The Kyle of Lochalsh Line is a primarily single track railway line in the Scottish Highlands, running from Dingwall to Kyle of Lochalsh. The population along the route is sparse in nature, but the scenery is beautiful and can be quite dramatic, the Kyle line having been likened to a symphony in three parts: pastoral, mountain and sea....
, with the junction between the two lines being located within the town.

Dingwall formerly served as the county town of the county

Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal subdivisions of Scotland of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and registration counties are largely based on them....
of Ross and Cromarty

Ross and Cromarty

Ross and Cromarty is a vaguely or variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland in current use....
. It lies near the head of the Cromarty Firth

Cromarty Firth

The Cromarty Firth forms an arm of the North Sea in Scotland.From where it joins Moray Firth, the Cromarty Firth extends inland in a westerly and then south-westerly direction for a distance of 19 miles ....
where the valley of the Peffery unites with the alluvial lands at the mouth of the Conon, northwest of Inverness

Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
.

Its English name, derives from the Scandinavian Þingvöllr (field or meeting-place of the thing
Thing (assembly)

File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgA thing or ting was the governing assembly in Germanic tribes societies, made up of the free people of the community and presided by lawspeakers....
, or local assembly—compare Tynwald

Tynwald

Tynwald , or more formally, the High Court of Tynwald is the bicameral legislature of the Isle of Man. It consists of the directly elected House of Keys and the indirectly chosen Legislative Council of the Isle of Man....
, Tingwall

Tingwall

Tingwall may refer to:*Tingwall, Orkney*Tingwall, Shetland*Tingwall Airport, Shetland Islands...
, Thingwall

Thingwall

Thingwall is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. The village is situated to the south west of Birkenhead and north east of Heswall....
in the British Isles alone, plus many others across northern Europe) preserves the Viking

Viking

A Viking is one of the Norsemen explorers, warriors, merchants, and Piracy who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century....
connections of the town; Gaels call it Inbhir Pheofharain , meaning "the mouth of the Peffery").

The 18th-century town house, and some remains of the ancient mansion of the once powerful earls of Ross

Earl of Ross

The Mormaer or Earl of Ross refers to the leader of a medieval Gaels lordship in northern Scotland, roughly between the River Oykel and the River Beauly....
still exist. An obelisk

Obelisk

An obelisk An Obelisks is a tall, narrow, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramid like shape at the top. Ancient obelisks were made of a single piece of stone, a monolith; however, most modern obelisks are made of individual stones, and can even have interior spaces....
, high, was erected over the grave of Sir George Mackenzie

George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie

George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie , known as Sir George Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet from 1654 to 1685 and as the Viscount of Tarbat from 1685 to 1703, was a Scotland statesman....
, 1st Earl of Cromartie

Earl of Cromartie

Earl of Cromartie is a title that has been created twice in British history, both times for members of the Mackenzie family. This branch of the family descends from Sir Roderick Mackenzie, whose elder brother Kenneth Mackenzie was created Lord Mackenzie of Kintail in 1609 and was the father of Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth ....
, near the parish church of St Clement. It was affected by subsidence, becoming known as the "Leaning Tower", and was replaced by a much smaller replica in the early years of the 20th century. However even this is now marked by signs saying "Keep Out" on the grounds that it is a dangerous structure.

King Alexander II

Alexander II of Scotland

Alexander II , King of Scots, was the only son of William I of Scotland and Ermengarde of Beaumont. He was born at Haddington, East Lothian, East Lothian, in 1198, and spent time in England before succeeding to the kingdom on the death of his father on 4 December 1214, being crowned at Scone on 6 December the same year....
created Dingwall a royal burgh (pronounced the same as "borough") in 1226, and James IV

James IV of Scotland

James IV was King of Scots from 11 June 1488 to his death. He is generally regarded as the most successful of the House of Stuart monarchs of Scotland, but his reign ended with the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Flodden Field, where he became the last British monarch to be killed in battle....
renewed its charter. On the top of Knockfarrel (Gaelic, cnoc (hill); faire (watch or guard)), a hill about three miles (5 km) to the west, stands a large and very complete vitrified fort

Vitrified fort

Vitrified fort is the name given to certain crude stone enclosures whose walls have been subjected in a greater or less degree to the Vitrification....
with ramparts. More recently, Dingwall suffered widespread flooding during storms in late October 2006, during which the weather cut off much of the Highlands north of Inverness, including the A9 and Far North Line

Far North Line

The Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick, Highland....
for a significant period of time.

Dingwall is the home of football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
team Ross County

Ross County F.C.

Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional football team who currently play in the Scottish Football League. They play their home matches at Victoria Park, Dingwall in the Highland town of Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty....
, who currently play in the Scottish First Division. Despite the town's small population, Ross County are able to attract sizable crowds to Victoria Park thereby maintaining the UK's most northerly full-time squad.

The Highland Theological College

Highland Theological College

The Highland Theological College is located in Dingwall, Scotland. It is part of the UHI Millennium Institute. The Principal is the Rev Professor Andrew McGowan, a Church of Scotland minister....
is located within the town. It is part of the UHI Millennium Institute

UHI Millennium Institute

The UHI Millennium Institute is a Federated school of 15 colleges and research institutions in the Highlands and Islands area of Scotland delivering higher education....
and has been recently approved by the Church of Scotland

Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland , known informally by its Scots language name, The Kirk, is the national church of Scotland. It is a Presbyterianism church , decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
for the training of ministers.

The town is unique in that it holds the shortest and most northerly canal, the Dingwall Canal

Dingwall Canal

The Dingwall Canal was a short tidal canal running from the town of Dingwall to the Cromarty Firth in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland....
, in the UK.

Dingwall is also host to a vibrant traditional music scene, being the home of Feis Rois and also Royal National Mod

Royal National Mod

The Royal National Mod, , is the annual national mod , a festival of Scotland Scottish Gaelic language song, arts and culture. It was founded by and run by An Comunn Gaidhealach....
Gold Medalists; Norman Macarthur, Donald MacAskill, Fiona Mackenzie

Fiona Mackenzie

from Dingwall, Ross-shire, won the An Comunn Gaidhealach Gold Medal in 2005. She is one of the leading Gaelic singers in Scotland and has toured and performed throughout the UK, Europe and North America....
and Kirsteen Menzies.

Parliamentary burgh

Dingwall was a parliamentary burgh, combined with Dornoch

Dornoch

Dornoch is a town and seaside resort, and former Royal burgh in the Highlands of Scotland, on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, close to where it opens into the Moray Firth to the east....
, Kirkwall

Kirkwall

Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, off the coast of northern mainland Scotland. The town is first mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046....
, Tain and Wick in the Northern Burghs constituency

Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
of the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
of the Parliament of Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Act of Union 1707 by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland....
from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
from 1801 to 1918. Cromarty

Cromarty

The Royal Burgh of Cromarty is a burgh in Ross and Cromarty, Highland , Scotland....
was added to the list in 1832.

The constituency was a district of burghs known also as Tain Burghs

Tain Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Tain Burghs, was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832, sometimes known as Northern Burghs....
until 1832, and then as Wick Burghs

Wick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Wick Burghs, sometimes known as Northern Burghs, was a United Kingdom constituencies of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918....
. It was represented by one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
. In 1918 the constituency was abolished and the Dingwall component was merged into the county constituency of Ross and Cromarty

Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)

Ross and Cromarty was a county constituency of the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1983. The constituency elected one Member of Parliament....
.

Dingwall

Parliamentary burgh

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