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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Cromartyshire
Visit Cromartyshire places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Cromartyshire places to visit. A unique way to experience Cromartyshire’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Cromartyshire as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Cromartyshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Chromba) is a historic county in the Highlands of Scotland. It comprises the medieval “old shire” around the county town of Cromarty and 22 enclaves and exclaves transferred from Ross-shire in the late 17th century. The resulting county was combined with Caithness, Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Sutherland and parts of Argyllshire and Morayshire to form the Highland council area. When you visit Cromartyshire, Walkfo brings Cromartyshire places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Cromartyshire Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cromartyshire
Visit Cromartyshire – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 1 audio plaques & Cromartyshire places for you to explore in the Cromartyshire area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Cromartyshire places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Cromartyshire history
The medieval sheriffdom of Cromarty encompassed a single tract on the north of the Black Isle peninsula. As late as the mid-nineteenth century, ownership of the moor of Mulbuie was uncertain between Cromartyshire and Ross-shire.
Cromartyshire geography / climate
The original shire consisted of a portion of the Black Isle peninsula bordering on Cromarty Firth. The interior sections consist of several enclaves within Ross-shire which are mountainous, remote and sparsely populated. North of Loch Broom lies the largest single section of the county, which takes in Ullapool, the Coigach peninsula and small islands in Enard Bay.
Ordnance Survey list
1881 index to Ordnance Survey’s first edition lists 22 detached parts, and the original “old shire” Cromartyshire was 217321.186 acres, or 339.56 square miles (879.5 km)
Other sources
The 1859 edition of Encyclopædia Britannica asserts Royston Park (now Caroline Park) outside Edinburgh, the city residence of the Viscount Tarbat, was also considered part of Cromartyshire. Nimmo’s 1807 list includes: “the mortified lands of the town of Fortrose”, two patches totalling less than 50 acres in Rosemarkie parish, which were bequeathed to the burgh of Cromarty.
Why visit Cromartyshire with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Cromartyshire places with Walkfo Cromartyshire to hear history at Cromartyshire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cromartyshire has 1 places to visit in our interactive Cromartyshire map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Cromartyshire, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Cromartyshire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cromartyshire & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo: Visit Cromartyshire Places Map
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Best Cromartyshire places to visit
Cromartyshire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cromartyshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cromartyshire’s information audio spots:
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here Cromartyshire has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Cromartyshire plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Cromartyshire using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Cromartyshire plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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