ROSSIE, or Inch-Brayock, an island, in the parish
of Craig, county of FoRFAR; containing 152 inhabitants.
This is a small isle, at the mouth of the river South Esk,
near Montrose, with which place it is connected on the
north by a magnificent suspension-bridge; and on the
southern side of the island is a drawbridge, allowing a
free navigation at high water in the basin of Montrose
for vessels of moderate burthen. The island is now
included within the burgh of Montrose by the boundary
act, and will, in a few years, become a suburban appendage
to that town. On the east point of Rossie is a
dry-dock. Here was anciently the parochial church:
and in old charters the island figures as insula Saiicti
Braoci, preserving the name of an obscure saint. The
spot is still occupied as the parish burying-place.