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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| MORAY FIRTH | [continued from page 3] Ardersier of Fort George, 24 miles along the coast of Ross and Cromarty, and 22 along that of the Moray, Nairn and Inverness. Fifteen miles south west of Tarbetness, between the north and the south Sutors of Cromarty, which rise like the sides of a huge gateway to admit its ingress, it projects the Cromarty Frith between Ross and Cromarty From its entrance to Ardersier, it gradually contracts, till, over a distance of 2 miles, it is only 1 to 1½ mile broad. After passing Ardersier, it suddenly expands, and thence to Kessock Ferry at the mouth of the river Ness, a distance of 9 miles, it has a mean breadth of about 3 miles; but there it suffers rapid though brief contraction to about half a mile, and, by a caprice in topographical nomenclature, loses its name, and is declared to terminate. A continuation of it 7 miles westward, by an extreme breadth of 2 miles is called the frith or Loch of Beauly. The interior Moray Frith, except in its outer skirts, presents quite a contrast to the exterior frith as to at once the wealth, the abundance, and the variety of its fisheries; and though possessing along its coasts, some regular communities of fishermen, affords them such small employment, that they generally resort to the fishing grounds north of Tarbetness. | |||
| BEAULY FIRTH | Beauly Firth Beauly Firth Beauly Firth Beauly Firth Beauly Firth Beauly Frith Loch Beauly Beauly Basin Beauly Basin |
Arthur Forbes Esq. of Culloden C. Fraser Mackintosh of Duncan Mr. George Anderson, Inspector of Poor Mr. Dallas, Town Clerk Mr. E. Forsyth, Inverness Adverizer New Statistical Account page 2 Map in New Statistical Account page 2 Blacks Map of Scotland Admiralty Chart, dated 1845 |
003 ; 004 | This is a continuation of Moray Firth, extending from Kessock Ferry at Inverness westward to Beauly. It is not Navigable for vessels of large draught, the channel being somewhat shallow and very difficult. |
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