Ardersier
Ardersier /ˈɑːrdəsir/ (Scottish Gaelic: Àird nan Saor) is a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands on the Moray Firth near Fort George, between Inverness and Nairn. Its name may be an anglicisation of the Gaelic "Àird nan Saor", or "Headland of the joiners", one local legend being that carpenters working on the construction of ecclesiastical buildings on the other side of the Moray Firth were quartered here.
Ardersier
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Ardersier Location within the Highland council area | |
| Population | 1,140 (mid-2020 est.) |
| OS grid reference | NH782550 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | IV2 7 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Prior to the building of Fort George, a small fishing hamlet called Blacktown existed in the area of Fort George, with an economy based on small-scale commercial fishery. Its relocation eventually led to the creation of the village of Ardersier.
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