Rogart
Rogart (/ˈroʊɡɑːrt/ ROH-gart, Scottish Gaelic: Sgìre Raoird or Raoghard, meaning "great enclosed field") is a parish in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. The parish was the home of Major Andrew MacDonald, who fought in the French and Indian War.
It was originally a scattered crofting parish centred on the parish church of St Callan's, until the opening of the Rogart railway station at Pittentrail 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) to the southeast. A locus of the parish changed when a new industrial village grew after the arrival of the railway in 1886.
The village of Golspie is 9 miles (14 km) east of Rogart.
References
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- ^ Gaelic and Norse in the Landscape: Placenames in Caithness and Sutherland. Scottish National Heritage.
- ^ Annals, North British Society
- ^ "Rogart". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 December 2014.