Rosehearty
Sign in to saveRosehearty () is a settlement on the Moray Firth coast, four miles west of the town Fraserburgh, in the historical county of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The burgh has a population of approximately 1,300 with about 25 per cent of pensionable age.
Key facts
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- File:The Square (B9031) in Rosehearty.jpg
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- The Square (B9031)
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Rosehearty
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Ros Abhartaich
- UK place.scots_name
- Rizartie
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- Aberdeenshire
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- Aberdeenshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
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- Banffshire and Buchan Coast
- UK place.post_town
- Fraserburgh
- UK place.postcode_district
- AB43
- UK place.postcode_area
- AB
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Rosehearty () is a settlement on the Moray Firth coast, four miles west of the town Fraserburgh, in the historical county of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The burgh has a population of approximately 1,300 with about 25 per cent of pensionable age.
== Etymology == The name Rosehearty was documented in 1508 as Rossawarty and is derived from Gaelic ros, meaning "cape, headland", and the personal name Abhartach.
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