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Rogart ( , , meaning "great enclosed field") is a small village in
Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
, Highland, Scotland. The village was the home of Major Andrew MacDonald, who fought in the French and Indian War. It was originally a scattered crofting village, until the opening of the Rogart railway station at Pittentrail to the southeast. A newer industrial village grew after the arrival of the railway in 1886, with the older village remaining. The village of Golspie is east of Rogart.


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Populated places in Sutherland {{Highland-geo-stub