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Dingwall (, (スコットランド・ゲール語:Inbhir Pheofharain)) is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was formerly an east-coast harbour but now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north of Stirling. On the town's present-day outskirts lies Tulloch Castle, parts of which may date back to the 12th-century building. In 1411 the Battle of Dingwall is said to have taken place between the Clan Mackay and the Clan Donald. ==History== Its English name, derived from the Scandinavian ''Þingvöllr'' (field or meeting-place of the ''thing'', or local assembly; compare Tynwald, Tingwall, Thingwall in the British Isles alone,〔(Fellows Jensen, Gillian. 'Tingwall, Dingwall and Thingwall'. North-Western European Language Evolution, 21:22 (1993), 53–67. Publisher: Odense University Press. ISSN 01088416. )〕 plus many others across northern Europe), preserves the Viking connections of the town; Gaels call it ''Inbhir Pheofharain'' (), meaning "the mouth of the Peffery" or ''Baile Chàil'' meaning "cabbage town".〔()〕 The site of the ''(Þingvöllr )'', and of the medieval Moothill, lies beneath the Cromartie memorial. Dingwall formerly served as the county town of the county of Ross and Cromarty. It lies near the head of the Cromarty Firth where the valley of the Peffery unites with the alluvial lands at the mouth of the Conon, northwest of Inverness. In the early Middle Ages Dingwall was reputed to have the largest castle north of Stirling.〔(Macrae, Romance of a Royal Burgh: Dingwall's Story of a Thousand Years Publisher: EP Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0715810715 )〕 King Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findlaích) was born in Dingwall c1005. His father was Findláech mac Ruaidrí, Mormaer of Moray. His mother is believed to have been Donada, who was the second daughter of Malcolm II, who was King of Scots between 1005 and 1034. He ruled as King of Scots from 1040 until his death in 1057. King Alexander II created Dingwall a royal burgh in 1226, and James IV renewed its charter. On the top of Knockfarrel (Gaelic: Cnoc Fhearghalaigh), a hill about three miles (5 km) to the west, stands a large and very complete vitrified fort with ramparts. The 18th-century town house, and some remains of the ancient mansion of the once powerful earls of Ross, still exist. An obelisk, high, was erected over the grave of Sir George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromartie, near the parish church of St Clement. It was affected by subsidence, becoming known as the "Leaning Tower", and was replaced by a much smaller replica in the early years of the 20th century. However even this is now marked by signs saying "Keep Out" on the grounds that it is a dangerous structure. Dingwall suffered widespread flooding during storms in late October 2006, during which the weather cut off much of the Highlands north of Inverness, including the A9 and Far North Line for a significant period of time.〔("Rain turns north into water world" ), BBC News.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dingwall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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