[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
The Gough Map of Great Britain
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Full record: Fortrose (?)
| County | Ross and Cromarty |
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| Description | entirely faded |
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| Etymology | probably G foter, comparative of fo + ros, 'under, beneath, the promontory' |
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| Earlier editors | on the coast north of Inverness is a town probably Fortrose but the name is indecipherable (Parsons) |
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| Attested spelling | Forterose 1455 |
