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Extract from the Dingwall and Strathpeffer Travel Guides:
Most traffic nowadays takes the upgraded A9 north from Inverness, bypassing the small market town of
DINGWALL
(from the Norse
thing
, "parliament", and
vollr
, "field"), a royal burgh since 1226 and former port that was left high and dry when the river receded during the nineteenth century. Dingwall's only real claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of Macbeth, whose family occupied the now ruined castle on Castle Street. There's a small
museum
in the centre of town (May-Sept Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; 1.50), and it's worth checking out The Casbah on Tulloch Street...
read the whole Dingwall and Strathpeffer Travel Guides...
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