Ross and Cromarty is a county formed as a merger of the older counties of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire.

Built in 1220 fabulous Eilean Donan castle is located on an island at the meeting point of Lochs Duich, Alsh and Long. The original castle was bombarded by the English warship Worcester in 1719 when it was held by Jacobite sympathisers. The ruin was rebuilt in 1932 by the MacRae family and is now a clan war memorial and museum.