{{For|the village in South Wales|Rogiet}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name = St Callan's Church in Rogart - geograph.org.uk - 62330.jpg | static_image_caption = St Callan's Church in Rogart | country = Scotland | official_name = Rogart | scots_name = | gaelic_name = Sgìre Raoird | population = | os_grid_reference = NC745034 | map_type = Sutherland | coordinates = {{coord|58.00264|-4.12408|display=inline,title}} | unitary_scotland = Highland | lieutenancy_scotland = Sutherland | constituency_westminster = Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | constituency_scottish_parliament = Caithness, Sutherland and Ross | post_town = Rogart | postcode_district = IV28 | postcode_area = IV | dial_code = 01408 }} '''Rogart''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|oʊ|ɡ|ɑːr|t}} {{respell|ROH|gart}}, {{Langx|gd|Sgìre Raoird ''or'' Raoghard|italic=invert}}, meaning "great enclosed field")<ref>[http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/gaelic/gaelicnorseinthelandscape.pdf Gaelic and Norse in the Landscape: Placenames in Caithness and Sutherland]. Scottish National Heritage.</ref> is a parish in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. The parish was the home of Major Andrew MacDonald, who fought in the French and Indian War.<ref> [https://archive.org/stream/annalsnorthbri00nort#page/19/mode/1up Annals, North British Society]</ref>
thumb|right|upright|Andrew MacDonald (1721–1812) It was originally a scattered crofting parish centred on the parish church of St Callan's, until the opening of the Rogart railway station at Pittentrail {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km}} to the southeast. The locus of the parish shifted when a new 'industrial' village grew around Pittentrail following the arrival of the railway in 1886.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishplaces.info/towns/townfirst1763.html |title=Rogart |work=Gazetteer for Scotland |accessdate=15 December 2014}}</ref>
The village of Golspie is {{convert|9|mi|km}} east of Rogart whilst Lairg is 10 miles west.
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Category:Populated places in Sutherland Category:Parishes in Sutherland
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