Fodderty

Human settlement in Scotland
Fodderty is located in Ross and Cromarty
Fodderty
Fodderty
Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
OS grid referenceNH532592Council area
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57°35′57″N 4°27′29″W / 57.59922°N 4.45806°W / 57.59922; -4.45806

Fodderty (Scottish Gaelic: Fodhraitidh) is a small hamlet, close to Dingwall, Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1]

The small hamlet of Bottacks is located 1 mile to the west, and just to the east is Brae or Brea, formed in 1777 from the lands (long held by a branch of the Mackenzies) of Davochcarn, Davochmaluag and Davochpollo.[2] "Davochmaluag" is named[2] after the famous missionary saint - St Moluag of Lismore (died AD592) - to whom the church at Fodderty was dedicated. Only a mound remains in the burial-ground to mark where this church stood.

Fodderty Cemetery also contains the burial place[3] of Willie Logan (1913-1966) that is marked by a memorial in the shape of a pier of the Tay Road Bridge which, through his father's Muir of Ord-based building firm, he helped to construct. He also founded the Scottish regional airline Loganair.

The growing town of Dingwall now encroaches on Fodderty.

See also

John M'Gilligen of Fodderty[4] who held conventicles in houses throughout the county.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Fodderty". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b William John Watson, Place names of Ross and Cromarty (Inverness Northern Counties Pub. 1904), at page 100
  3. ^ Bridgescapes by Bruce Keith (pub.2017)
  4. ^ Scott, Hew (1928). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation Vol 7. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. pp. 36. Retrieved 23 February 2019.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ Scott, Hew (1928). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation Vol 7. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. pp. 26. Retrieved 23 February 2019.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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