📌 Fortrose, Highland
★★
Tourists have to pass through Fortrose on the way to the famous dolphin-spotting location of Chanonry Point. If the tides aren’t quite right, or you want a break after an hour of watching, take time out to visit the attractive town – and in particular, the red building of Fortrose Cathedral. You might first wonder how something as small as this ever qualified as a cathedral, but in reality you’re only looking at a small portion of the original structure: namely the north choir range (dating to the 12th century) and the south aisle and chapel, once connected by the main body of the cathedral itself. The clock tower is a more recent addition, built after the Reformation. Despite the incompleteness of the surviving ruin, you can still get an appreciation for this place’s former glory.
🌍 Location
📌 Cathedral Square, Fortrose town centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NH 727565
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.580727,-4.130527
🚌 Bus to Fortrose
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
⌚ Daily
🎫 Free
