Rogart

For the village in South Wales, see Rogiet.

Rogart
St Callan's Church in Rogart
Rogart is located in Sutherland
Rogart
Rogart
Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid referenceNC745034
Council area
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CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRogart
Postcode districtIV28
Dialling code01408
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58°00′10″N 4°07′27″W / 58.00264°N 4.12408°W / 58.00264; -4.12408

Rogart (/ˈroʊɡɑːrt/ ROH-gart, Scottish Gaelic: Sgìre Raoird or Raoghard, meaning "great enclosed field")[1] is a parish in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. The parish was the home of Major Andrew MacDonald, who fought in the French and Indian War.[2]

Andrew MacDonald (1721–1812)

It was originally a scattered crofting parish centred on the parish church of St Callan's, until the opening of the Rogart railway station at Pittentrail 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) to the southeast. The locus of the parish shifted when a new 'industrial' village grew around Pittentrail following the arrival of the railway in 1886.[3]

Pollen analysis suggests the planting of oak at Reidchalmai, Rogart, early in the first millennium AD, at a location where the species had not grown naturally for two thousand years. The mature trees appear to have been clear-felled in a single event towards the end of the sixth century.[4][5]

The village of Golspie is 9 miles (14 km) east of Rogart whilst Lairg is 10 miles west.

References

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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.
  4. ^ Oram, Richard D. (2025), A Land Won from Waste: Scotland AD 400 - 1400, John Donald, Edinburgh, pp. 80 & 81, ISBN 9780859767194
  5. ^ Tipping, R., Davies, A.L. & McCulloch, "Introduced Oak Woodlands in Northern Scotland: pollen analytical evidence for early historic plantations", in Woolf, Alex (ed.) (2006), Landscape and Environment in Dark Age Scotland, The Committee for Dark Age Studies, University of St. Andrews, pp. 29 - 47, ISBN 9780951257364


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