North Kessock

North Kessock
Scottish Gaelic: Ceasag a Tuath
North Kessock
 North Kessock shown within the Highland council area
OS grid referenceNH652477
Council areaHighland
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Inverness
Postcode district IV1 3
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Ambulance Scottish
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Coordinates: 57°30′01″N 4°14′59″W / 57.50015°N 4.24973°W / 57.50015; -4.24973

North Kessock (Gaelic: Ceasag a Tuath or Aiseag Cheasaig[1]) is a village on the Black Isle north of Inverness.

Description

North Kessock is the first village encountered over the Kessock Bridge. Now by-passed by the main road to the north (the A9), the village remains quiet.[2] Its counterpart across the Beauly Firth, South Kessock, is a district of Inverness.

History

North Kessock probably existed as early as 1437, when the Dominican monastery in Inverness was granted a charter to operate a ferry to the Black Isle.[2][3] This was on the pilgrim route north to St Duthac Church in Tain.

The Kessock Ferry connected North and South Kessock until 1982, when the Kessock Bridge was completed and opened.

Wildlife

North Kessock is a famous spot for watching bottlenose dolphins, which are resident in the Moray Firth - indeed they are the most northerly group of bottlenose dolphins in the world.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Maclean, Roddy (2004). The Gaelic Place Names and Heritage of Inverness. Inverness: Culcabock Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-9548925-0-0.
  2. 1 2 "North Kessock". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "North Kessock and District History". North Kessock and District Local History Society. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
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