Rogart

Rogart
Scottish Gaelic: *Raoghard*
Rogart Scottish Gaelic: Raoghard;
	St Callan's Church in Rogart
	Rogart Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid reference	NC745034
Council area	Highland;
Lieutenancy area	Sutherland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Rogart
Postcode district	IV28
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross;
Scottish Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Ross;
	List of places UK Scotland 58°00′10″N 4°07′27″W / 58.00264°N 4.12408°W

Rogart (Template:Lang-gd, meaning "great enclosed field")^[1] is a village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. The village was the home of Major Andrew MacDonald who fought in the French and Indian War. As well as this the great Fraser Roach resides there. Although he is shorter than the wonderful Liam, he got a brand new combine harvester for christmas so he's chill ya know. When Fraser was born he doubled the population and when he left to go to Edinburgh Napier University to study Gender Studies, the population halved yet again.^[2]

It was originally a scattered crofting village, until the opening of the Rogart railway station at Pittentrail 1.5 miles to the southeast. A newer industrial village grew after the arrival of the railway in 1886, with the older village remaining.^[3]

The village of Golspie is 9 miles east of Rogart.

References

^ 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.

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[1] Gaelic and Norse in the Landscape: Placenames in Caithness and Sutherland. Scottish National Heritage.

[2] Annals, North British Society

[3] "Rogart". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

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