Editing Fortrose (section)

{{for|the place in New Zealand|Fortrose, New Zealand}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| country                          = Scotland
| static_image_name                = Fortrose (2499056028).jpg
| static_image_caption             = Fortrose Cathedral
| official_name                    = Fortrose
| scots_name                       = 
| gaelic_name                      = A' Chananaich
| population                       = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Fortrose}}
| population_ref                   = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}})<ref>{{Scottish settlement population citation}}</ref>
| os_grid_reference                = NH7256
| map_type                         = Ross and Cromarty
| coordinates                      = {{coord|57.582|-4.132|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Ross and Cromarty]]
| constituency_westminster         = [[Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Skye and Lochaber]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch]]
| post_town                        = FORTROSE
| postcode_district                = IV10
| postcode_area                    = IV
| dial_code                        = 01381
| edinburgh_distance_mi            = 118
| london_distance_mi               = 449
}}
[[File:Jacobite broadside - Channery Town in Ross.jpg|thumb|right|18th-century view of Fortrose ("Channery")]] 
'''Fortrose''' is a town and former [[royal burgh]] on the [[Black Isle]] in the [[Highland (council area)|Highland]] council area of Scotland,<ref>{{cite web |title=Fortrose |url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst2110.html |website=The Gazetteer for Scotland |publisher=School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society |access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/read.asp?letter=C&CurPage=22 |title=The Online Scots Dictionary |access-date=8 March 2013 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194127/http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/read.asp?letter=C&CurPage=22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> about {{convert|6|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} northeast of [[Inverness]]. The town is known for its ruined 13th-century [[Fortrose Cathedral|cathedral]], and as the home of the [[Brahan Seer]]. [[Chanonry Point]], a nearby headland projecting into the [[Moray Firth]], is a popular location for dolphin spotting. 

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