Everything about Ross-shire totally explained
Ross-shire, or the
County of Ross, (
Siorrachd Rois in
Scottish Gaelic) is a former
county of
Scotland. The county bordered on
Sutherland,
Cromartyshire (of which it contained many
enclaves),
Inverness-shire and an exclave of
Nairnshire. It included most of
Ross as well as
Lewis in the
Outer Hebrides.
Dingwall was the traditional
county town.
Ross-shire and Cromartyshire were combined in the single
local government county of
Ross and Cromarty under the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889. In 1975, Ross and Cromarty was itself replaced by the
Highland region and the
Western Isles, under the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The region became a
unitary council area in 1996, under the
Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
The
Ross-shire Journal covers, approximately, the area of the former county.
Constituency
There was a
Ross-shire constituency of the
Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801, and of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. In 1832 it was merged with the
Cromartyshire constituency to form the
Ross and Cromarty constituency.
Clans
The main three ancient
Scottish clans in mainland Ross-shire were the
Clan Ross whose chiefs once held the title
Earl of Ross and also the
Clan Munro and
Clan MacKenzie.
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