Fodderty

Fodderty (Scottish Gaelic: Fodhraitidh) is a small hamlet, close to Dingwall, Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1]

Fodderty

Bluebell time on Knock Farrel
Fodderty
Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
OS grid referenceNH532592
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtIV15 9
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish

The small hamlet of Bottacks is located 1 mile to the west, and just to the east is Brae or Brea, formed in 1777 from the lands (long held by a branch of the Mackenzies) of Davochcarn, Davochmaluag and Davochpollo.[2] "Davochmaluag" is named[2] after the famous missionary saint - St Moluag of Lismore (died AD592) - to whom the church at Fodderty was dedicated. Only a mound remains in the burial-ground to mark where this church stood.

Fodderty Cemetery also contains the burial place[3] of Willie Logan (1913-1966) that is marked by a memorial in the shape of a pier of the Tay Road Bridge which, through his father's Muir of Ord-based building firm, he helped to construct. He also founded the Scottish regional airline Loganair.

The growing town of Dingwall now encroaches on Fodderty.

See also

John M'Gilligen of Fodderty[4] who held conventicles in houses throughout the county.[5]

References

  1. "Fodderty". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. William John Watson, Place names of Ross and Cromarty (Inverness Northern Counties Pub. 1904), at page 100
  3. Bridgescapes by Bruce Keith (pub.2017)
  4. Scott, Hew (1928). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation Vol 7. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. pp. 36. Retrieved 23 February 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Scott, Hew (1928). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation Vol 7. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. pp. 26. Retrieved 23 February 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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