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Inverness-shire

(Encyclopedia)Inverness-shire or Inverness, former county, NW Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Inverness-shire was divided in 1975 between the new Highland region and Western Isles island authority...

Dounreay

(Encyclopedia)Dounreay do͞onˈrā, do͞onrāˈ [key], village, Highland, N Scotland. Several nuclear breeder reactors are located nearby. ...

Black Isle

(Encyclopedia)Black Isle, peninsula, 18 mi (29 km) long and up to 9 mi (14.5 km) wide, Highland, N Scotland, extending into Moray Firth. It has some of the best farmland in N Scotland, producing grain and potatoes....

Monadhliath Mountains

(Encyclopedia)Monadhliath Mountains mōˈnəlēˈə [key], Highland, N central Scotland, between the Spey River and Loch Ness. Carn Ban (3,087 ft/941 m) is the highest point. ...

Dingwall

(Encyclopedia)Dingwall dĭngˈwôl, –wəl [key], town, Highland, N Scotland, at the head of Cromarty Firth. It is ...

Shiel, Loch

(Encyclopedia)Shiel, Loch lŏkh shēl [key], lake, 17 mi (27 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, Highland, W Scotland. It is drained by a short stream into Loch Moidart. ...

Caithness

(Encyclopedia)Caithness kāthˈnĕs, kāthnĕsˈ [key], former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Caithness became (1975) part of the new Highland region (now a council area). ...

Wick

(Encyclopedia)Wick, town (1991 pop. 7,770), Highland, N Scotland, on Wick Bay at the mouth of the Wick River. The town consists of the villages of Louisburgh, Old Wick, and Pulteneytown. It is an important port for...

Drummond, Henry, 1786–1860, a founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church

(Encyclopedia)Drummond, Henry, 1786–1860, English banker, known particularly as one of the founders of the Catholic Apostolic Church. Beginning in 1826, he gathered annually for five years, at his home in Surrey,...

Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron, 1788–1855, British general. He entered the army in 1804 and was made (1814) a lieutenant colonel for his services on the duke of Wellington's staff i...