REFERENCES:

- Adam, Frank, FRGS, FSA (Scot). Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands. 8th Ed. Johnston and Bacon, Edinburgh and London, 1970. ["Ancient Alba and the Rise of the Highland Clan System", "The Clans of the Scottish Highlands".]

- Dickinson, William Croft.A New History of Scotland, Vol.I. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., Edinburgh, 1962. Pp. viii + 408.

- Donaldson, Gordon. Scottish Historical Documents, Edinburgh Scottish Academic Press Ltd., London. Distributed by Chatto & Windus, 1970. Pp. xi + 287.

- Gordon, Robert, Sir, of Gordonstoun. Genealogical history of the Earldom of Sutherland, from its origin to the year 1630; with a continuation to the year 1651. Published from the original manuscript by Henry Weber, Edinburgh, 1813.

- Keltie, John Scott. A History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, Edinburgh: A. Fulerton, 1875.

- Linklater, Eric. The Ultimate Viking. Macmillan: London. 1955. Pp. ix + 295.

- Mitchison, Rosalind. A History of Scotland. Methuen, London, 1970. Pp. 468.

- Prebble, John. Lion in the North. Martin Secker & Warburgh Ltd., London, 1971. Pp. 344.

- Ross, John Robert. The Great Clan Ross, 3rd edition. Hemlock Press, Orillia, ON, 1993. Pp. xiii + 268.

SECONDARY/SUPPORTIVE REFERENCES:

- Documents, Illustrative of the History of Scotland, Vol.II, 1286 - 1306. selected and arranged by the Rev. Joseph Stevenson, Edinburgh, 1842. Pp. 143. [Notices of original unprinted documents preserved in the office of the Queen's Remembrancer and Chapter-House, Westminster.] (NOTE: This contains references to the "comitum de Ros" in 1295, "le compte de Roos" in 1296, "Willelmus and Robertum de Ros" in 1297 and "Eufemia comitissa de Ross" in 1297. Ross was not yet a surname used by the Earls.)

- East Ross and Black Isle, Official Guide. East Ross and Black Isle Tourist Organization, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire. [See "Legends and Antiquities" by Elizabeth Marshall.]

- Mackinnon, Donald. The Clan Ross, Johnston and Bacon Publishers, Edinburgh and London, 1972. Pp. 32.

- Munch, P.A., et al. The Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys (from the Manuscript Codex in the British Museum), with notes by P. A. Munch, 1874, revised by Dr. Goss, 2 vol. 1876-1877. Manx Society Publications, Vol. XXII.
[NOTE: These "Chronica Rogum Mannia et Insularum" are filled with many inaccuracies, particularly for dates of events, but the general influence and involvement of the Norse Vikings is included as an important aspect of Scottish history.]

- Robertson, E. William. Scotland under her Early Kings, Edinburgh, 1862.

-The Scottish Antiquary. Edited by The Rev. A. W. Cornelius Hallen, Edinburgh, 1889, 1890, 1891. [Scanned into the History section of the Electric Scotland website by Alastair McIntyre.]

- The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans 34th Edition. W. & A. K. Johnston Limited, Edinburgh and London, 1949.

- The Scottish Historical Review, Volumes 1 to 25, 1904 - 1928. [Articles by A. W. Johnston, Chelsea, S.W. and John MacBeth, Newton Manse, Dalkeith]

- Skene, William Forbes. Chronicles of the Picts, Chronicles of the Scots and Other Memorials of Scottish History, General Register House, Edinburgh, 1867. Pp.499.

- Skene, William Forbes. Highlanders in Scotland, General Register House, Edinburgh, 1837.

- The Bruce, or, The book of the most excellent and noble Prince Robert de Broyss, King of Scots/ compiled by Master John Barbour, 1375. Edited by Walter W. Skeat, London, 1894. 2v. (NOTE: There is a reference to "the Roß" in the same context as Robert was "the Bruce", and not as a patronymic or surname.)

- Wylie, James Aitken. History of the Scottish Nation, London: Hamilton, Adam and Co. Andrew Elliot, Edinburgh. 1886

INTERNET SITES FOR EARLY HISTORY:

With a few reservations, some of the better internet websites of the late 1990's are maintained, produced or sponsored by F. Lennox Campello, J. Curtis Clark, Scotweb's Scottish History Magazine by Robert M. Gunn, Heather Rose Jones, Electric Scotland's Alastair McIntyre, The Glenmorangie Distillery Company and Highlander Web Magazine.

- Campello, F. Lennox. The Pictish Nation. 1994. (noted above) Internet website: <http://members.tripod.com/~Halfmoon/pict2.html>.

- Ross, Alexander. The Earls of Ross. Internet website: <http://www.elec.gla.ac.uk/-aross/earls.html>. Last updated on November 18, 1996.