Rosskeen
{{Short description|Scottish parish in Highland, Scotland}}
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Rosskeen is a parish in Ross and Cromarty on the Cromarty Firth in northern Scotland, containing the settlements of Invergordon, Bridgend and Saltburn.{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/scotland/pp430-443|title=Ross, Little - Rutherglen | British History Online}} It lies on the A9 between Inverness and Thurso.
Notable Buildings
- Newmore Farmhouse (1845) by Andrew Maitland{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100378|title=Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (October 25, 2021, 11:56 am)}}
- Rosskeen Parish Church (1833) under threat of demolition since 1972{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/891557|title = Rosskeen Old Parish Church, Rosskeen | Buildings at Risk Register}}
- Rosskeen Free Church (c.1870)
Invergordon Castle was formerly the principal residence but was demolished in 1928.{{Cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/13621/invergordon-castle|title = Invergordon Castle | Canmore}}
Notable Features
The Rosskeen Stone, a prehistoric standing stone.
The highest hill in the parish is Cairn Coinneag, around 1000m high. The parish contains two rivers: Balnagowan (Rorie) and the Alness.{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/scotland/pp430-443|title=Ross, Little - Rutherglen | British History Online}}
Notable persons
- Rev David Carment parish minister 1822 to 1843 and founder of Rosskeen Free Church of which he was minister 1843 to 1856
- Very Rev John MacDonald (1860-1947) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1915.
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