| Nigg | |
| Scottish Gaelic: An Neag | |
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Nigg
Nigg shown within the Ross and Cromarty area |
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| OS grid reference | NH815708 |
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| Council area | Highland |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Tain |
| Postcode district | IV19 1 |
| Police | Northern |
| Fire | Highlands and Islands |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Nigg (from the Scottish Gaelic: An Neag meaning "the notch", referring to a feature of the hills above the parish church) is a village and parish on the north east shore of Nigg Bay in north east Ross-shire and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It lies by the north shore of the entrance to the Cromarty Firth.
The present parish church is an 18th century building on an early Christian site dating back to at least the 8th century. The Nigg Stone, one of the most elaborate stone monuments of early medieval western Europe, is preserved in a room at the west end of the church. This late 8th century Pictish cross-slab formerly stood in the churchyard, but was moved indoors for preservation in recent years.
The nearby manse is one of the oldest to survive in Scotland, dating back to the first half of the 17th century. It is now privately owned and no longer used as the parish minister's residence.
Nigg is the site of an oil storage depot for crude oil from the Beatrice oil field in the North Sea and of a major construction facility built by Highland Fabricators for the oil industry.
The Nigg Ferry Hotel lies to its south (at grid reference NH796687) near the pier which provides access to Cromarty during the summer on the MV Cromarty Rose.