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Nine churches, including Cromarty East Church in the Highlands, have received almost £1.5m in lottery funding. The Cromarty church on the Black Isle - which closed in the 1990s - featured on the BBC programme Restoration Village. It will receive £641,000 for restoration and a further £24,000 will help to develop a use for the church. The church was established in the middle ages but owes much of its architecture to the late 16th and 17th Century and has category A listing. The major restoration project will take three years to complete.