Dingwall

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Dingwall
Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Pheofharain
View over Dingwall
View over Dingwall
Coordinates 57 ° 36 ′  N , 4 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 57 ° 36 ′  N , 4 ° 26 ′  W
Dingwall (Scotland)
Dingwall
Dingwall
Residents 5491 2011 census
administration
Post town DINGWALL
ZIP code section IV15
prefix 01349
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Highland
British Parliament Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Dingwall ( Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Pheofharain ) is a small town with 5491 inhabitants in the Highlands in north-east Scotland . It is on the Cromarty Firth .

history

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There was once a North Sea port in Dingwall. Due to siltation , the place is now a bit inland.

Dingwall station is a separation station where the Kyle of Lochalsh Line branches off from the Far North Line . This is where the management for both routes is located. A commemorative plaque has been placed in the Dingwall train station, indicating that 134,864 sailors and soldiers were given tea here during the First World War .

Dingwall can be reached by road via the A862 , the former route of the A9 until the construction of the Cromarty Bridge over the Cromarty Firth and the Kessock Bridge over the Beauly Firth . From the A862, the A834 branches off in Dingwall towards the west, which connects to the Scottish west coast.

Cross Slab from Dingwall

In 2019 a Pictish cross slab was discovered near an early Christian church near Dingwall , which was carved by about 1200 years ago. The find is of national importance as it is one of only about 50 known complete Pictish cross plates. Used as a tombstone in the 1790s, it was discovered hidden in the vegetation by Anne MacInnes.

Sports

The Ross County FC , since the 2012/13 season a member of the highest Scottish league football (Scottish Premier League) plays its home games from Dingwall.

Web links

Commons : Dingwall  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  2. 2011 census
  3. ^ Richard Deiss: Vane Cathedral and Sugar Beet Station. A short story about 200 European train stations . Bonn 2010, p. 73.