Static Image Name: | St Callan's Church in Rogart - geograph.org.uk - 62330.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | St Callan's Church in Rogart |
Country: | Scotland |
Official Name: | Rogart |
Gaelic Name: | Sgìre Raoird |
Os Grid Reference: | NC745034 |
Map Type: | Sutherland |
Coordinates: | 58.0026°N -4.1241°W |
Unitary Scotland: | Highland |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Sutherland |
Constituency Westminster: | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Caithness, Sutherland and Ross |
Post Town: | Rogart |
Postcode District: | IV28 |
Postcode Area: | IV |
Rogart (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]
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 NaNmiles 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]
The village of Golspie is 9miles east of Rogart whilst Lairg is 10 miles west.