Alness

Alness is a city and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the Cromarty Firth, with the city of Invergordon 3 miles to the east, and the village of Evanton 4 miles to the south west. The parish has a population of 5,310, despite the fact that the census locality, which includes a part of the parish of Rosskeen, has a populace of 5,186. For most of the 1990s and early 2000s Alness regularly entered and won flower competitions which include Scotland in Bloom, Britain in Bloom and others winning a massive number of awards and this also helped regenerate a few areas of the town with some housing estates prevailing separate awards themselves.

They have no longer entered in latest years due to the monetary cost but the metropolis continues to be decorated by using vegetation maintained by hard operating volunteers. Foulis Castle is located miles south-west of Evanton in the parish of Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It is a white washed mansion that carries an antique tower house with gun loops. The fortress changed into held via the Clan Munro from the twelfth century or earlier and they had a stronghold there. You can come and explore this place.