Rosehearty

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Rosehearty
Location within Aberdeenshire
Population1,230 (mid-2020 est.) [2]
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Fraserburgh
Postcode district AB43
Police Scotland
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57°41′48″N2°06′52″W / 57.6967703°N 2.1143495°W / 57.6967703; -2.1143495 Coordinates: 57°41′48″N2°06′52″W / 57.6967703°N 2.1143495°W / 57.6967703; -2.1143495

Rosehearty (Scottish Gaelic : Ros Abhartaich) is a settlement on the Moray Firth coast, four miles west of the town Fraserburgh, in the historical county of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The burgh has a population of approximately 1,300 with about 25 per cent of pensionable age.

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Etymology

The name Rosehearty was documented in 1508 as Rossawarty and is derived from Gaelic ros, meaning "cape, headland", and the personal name Abhartach. [3]

History

The settlement which is now Rosehearty was founded by a group of shipwrecked Danes in the 14th century. [4] In 1424 the Fraser family built Pitsligo Castle a few hundred yards inland at Pitsligo; the castle was enlarged by the Forbes family in 1570. The remains of the castle are visible from Rosehearty.

Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes of Pitsligo re-founded the settlement to encourage fishing, on the condition he was given one-fifth of the catch. [5] Rosehearty did not officially exist until it was granted a charter in the 1680s by King Charles II. [4]

The town thrived from the fishing boom and, prior to the arrival of railways at the Broch, "was set fit to rival it". Ultimately, however, the railway gave Fraserburgh the edge, and Rosehearty's fishing industry ended. [5]

Geography

Rosehearty Beach forms a crescent shape stretching east from the harbour to a group of rocky outcrops. [6] Several rock formations in the area are known as Long Craig, Hungry Hoy, The Pen, Mounsie Weat, Tamhead, Warey Craigs and Damar. [7]

Architecture

The Lodging House, on the south side of the Square, was built in 1753 for the dowager Lady Pitsligo, [8] while another old house, the "Jam", bears the date 1573. [4]

The Hill of Rosehearty Church, constructed in 1890, [9] the work of Alexander Marshall Mackenzie, features a loft that was formerly installed in the church of Pitsligo in 1634. Described by Charles McKean as "magnificent", it was later moved and installed in the Hill Church. [10]

Facilities

There is one shop, a butcher, a hairdresser and two hotels in the village.

A new modern Rosehearty Primary School was built in 2007 and accommodates seven classrooms, an ICT computer suite and a games hall with retractable theatre seating and complementary acoustics and lighting. The school caters for approximately 140-160 pupils in total.

Notable people

Rosehearty is the birthplace of:

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References

  1. ↑ The Online Scots Dictionary
  2. ↑ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Watson, W.J.; Taylor, Simon (2011). The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland (reprint ed.). Birlinn LTD. p. 387. ISBN   9781906566357.
  4. 1 2 3 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 1383
  5. 1 2 McKean, Charles (1990). Banff & Buchan: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. Mainstream Publications Ltd. p. 125. ISBN   185158-231-2.
  6. ↑ "Rosehearty Beach - Grampian - UK". The Beach Guide.
  7. ↑ "ScotlandsPlaces". ScotlandsPlaces. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Rosehearty The Lodging House - Canmore.org.uk
  9. ↑ McKean, Charles (1990). Banff & Buchan: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. Mainstream Publications Ltd. p. 123. ISBN   185158-231-2.
  10. ↑ McKean, Charles (1990). Banff & Buchan: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. Mainstream Publications Ltd. p. 121. ISBN   185158-231-2.


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