Dingwall has been a royal burgh since 1226 and is the birthplace of Macbeth, as many of you may know from William Shakespheres adaptation of his life as King of Scotland.

The town is situated just to the north of Inverness, on the Cromarty Firth, with it's name meaning "Parliamentary Field" in Old Norse, showing how strategically important the town was to the Vikings.

With a population of around 5000, there is a typical small town atmosphere about the place, with one of the main attractions to visitors being the local football team, Ross County They currently play in the Scottish First Division, and despite the population, sizeable crowds of around 2000 are always attracted to Victoria Park Stadium during matchdays.

Dingwall is very much a community town, with prominent buildings including the Town Hall building, which has been situated in the High Street since 1730, and also the monument of Sir Hector Macdonald, a Dingwall-born British Officer who fought in the Boer War (1899 to 1902), Sudanese Campaign (1885 to 1891), Anglo-Afghan War and also the First World War (1914 to 1918).

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