The Black Isle Map

The black isle is a peninsula just north of inverness of fertile land bordered by the beauly and moray firth to the south, and the cromarty firth to the north. Once you’ve explored the delights of the black isle, there’s some truly lovely cycling to experience on the south side of loch ness: It is a rural area of agricultural land and woodland with scattered houses and small settlements such as ryefield, corntown, easter kinkell, and duncanston.

Just a short drive from inverness, this magical peninsula is steeped in history with pictish stones, medieval stonework and charming 17 th century seaside villages. The black isle is a peninsula within ross and cromarty, in the scottish highlands. In cromarty, hugh miller’s cottage is a beautifully preserved thatched roof stone dwelling.

An artificially created village, it was laid out in 1812 by sir charles mackenzie of kilcoy.

The black isle is a peninsula just north of inverness of fertile land bordered by the beauly and moray firth to the south, and the cromarty firth to the north. An artificially created village, it was laid out in 1812 by sir charles mackenzie of kilcoy. Taken from original ordnance survey maps sheets and digitally stitched together to form a single layer, these maps offer a true reflection of how the land used to be. The black isle is packed full of hidden treasures.