Cromartyshire

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Location of the county in Scotland (red)

Cromartyshire ( Scottish Gaelic : Siorrachd Chromba ) was a county in the Highlands of Scotland that was characterized by a high degree of geographical fragmentation.

Cromartyshire came into being at the instigation of George Mackenzie , whose ancestors had acquired the associated lands. The core of the county formed the area around the place Cromarty in the north of the Black Isle peninsula . There were also a number of enclaves within the county of Ross-shire , especially the districts around Ullapool and Little Loch Broom on the coast of the Minch and the area of Ben Wyvis and a strip north of Loch Fannich . In total, the county covered an area of ​​1053 km².

By the Local Government Act 1889 , both counties were combined to Ross and Cromarty . With a new reform in 1975, the area Ross and Cromarty in the Highland region and what is now the Highland Council Area . The capital and only burgh in Cromartyshire was Cromarty .

The cargo ship Cromartyshire (1,554 GRT) of the Shire Line (London), which was built in 1898 and caused the sinking of La Bourgogne in 1898, was named after this county .

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1. ↑ Mackenzie 1810, pp. 15-16