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Fortrose, Bishop's Palace

Coin(s) (brass)(roman)

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Fortrose, Bishop's Palace lies in Highland, Scotland, marked only as a Roman brass coin discovery rather than a standing building. The palace name suggests grandeur, but the evidence preserves a small discarded coin instead. Any bishop who walked there left no chamber behind, only a brass circle that survived centuries of rain and forgetting.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fortrose, Bishop's Palace as Coin(s) (brass)(roman). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The Bishop's Palace at Fortrose was built in the 13th century by the bishops of Ross, a powerful ecclesiastical and secular authority in medieval Scotland. It is remembered as a significant seat of episcopal power and as an example of early medieval ecclesiastical architecture in the north of Scotland.

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