Resolis (from the Scottish Gaelic Ruigh Sholais meaning ''Bright Slope'') is a village and parish on the B9163 road, in the

Black Isle The Black Isle (, ) is a peninsula within Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish Highlands. It includes the towns of Cromarty and Fortrose, and the villages of Culbokie, Resolis, Jemimaville, Rosemarkie, Avoch, Munlochy, Tore, and North Kesso ...

in Scotland. It is part of the

Presbytery of Ross The Presbytery of Ross is one of the forty-six presbyteries of the Church of Scotland, served by the local presbytery for Ross and Cromarty. It was part of the Synod of Ross, Sutherland and Caithness until synods were abolished in the early 1990 ...

. In 2011 it had a population of 362. At the 2011 census, the population of the civil parish was 911.Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved April 2021. See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish The area of the parish is 12,472 acres. Resolis parish is also a

community council A community council is a public representative body in Great Britain. In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. ...

area. Resolis has a fairly large hall nearby "Resolis Community Hall" which is used by "Resolis Community Arts" and available for booking. This is often used by

Scouts Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...

in order to set up camps. The area has a school, "Resolis Primary School" which is associated with "Fortrose Academy." The school has approximately 60 pupils and also has pre-school education. They also offer

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

teachings, leading up to " Gaelic Medium"

Notable People

* Rev Hector Cameron born and raised here.

References

Villages in Highland (council area) Parishes in Ross and Cromarty Black Isle {{Scotland-geo-stub