Cromartyshire
| Cromartyshire | |
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| Historic county | |
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| Country | Scotland |
| County town | Cromarty |
| Area | |
| • Total | 370 sq mi (958 km2) |
| Ranked 24th of 34 | |
| Chapman code | ROC (as part of Ross and Cromarty) |
Coordinates: 57°36′N 4°00′W / 57.6°N 4.0°W
Cromartyshire is a historic county in the Highlands of Scotland, comprising the medieval "old shire" around the county town of Cromarty and 22 exclaves transferred from Ross-shire in the late 17th century. The largest part, six times the size of the old shire, is Coigach, northwest from Ullapool. In 1890, Cromartyshire was merged with Ross-shire into the administrative county of Ross and Cromarty. In 1975, the resulting county was combined with Caithness, Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Sutherland, and parts of Argyllshire and Morayshire to form the Highland council area.
The medieval sheriffdom of Cromarty encompassed a single tract on the north of the Black Isle peninsula. The sheriffdom was hereditary in Clan Urquhart. It comprised the parish of Cromarty; most of the adjacent parish of Kirkmichael, excluding a portion at Balblair where a ferry crossed the Cromarty Firth to Invergordon; and a single farm in Cullicudden parish. Ownership of the moor of Mulbuie was uncertain between Cromartyshire and Ross-shire.
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