Kilmuir, Easter Ross

Kilmuir is a former fishing village, located on the north eastern shore of Nigg Bay, 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Kildary and 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Invergordon.

Kilmuir
Kilmuir
Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
OS grid referenceNH757733
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townInvergordon
Postcode districtIV18 0
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish

Geography

The village of Kilmuir is within the former parish of Kilmuir Easter. The parish was situated partly in the county of Ross-shire and partly in the county of Cromartyshire.[1]

History

A document dated 30 January 1747 records six men aged over 16 who lived in the village of Kilmuir (Kilmuire), in the parish of Kilmuir-Easter, Ross-shire who did not take part in the Jacobite rising of 1745, even though they lived on the Jacobite Lord Cromartie's estate.[2] They were: James Munro, tenant in Kilmuire; Andrew Roy, tenant in Kilmuire; John Mackenzie, tenant in Kilmuire; Walter?Mailevin, tenant in Kilmuire; Alexander Munro, Wright in Kilmuire; David Munro, his brother.[2]

Church
Kilmuir Easter parish church which is located in the village of Kilmuir

The tower and belfry which are the oldest parts of the Kilmuir-Easter parish church were apparently built by George Munro, 4th of Milntown in the early 17th-century.[3] The conical stone belfry is dated 1616 with the initials of George Munro.[4]

According to 19th century historian Alexander Mackenzie, Andrew Beg Munro, 3rd of Milntown who died before 1522 was "buried in the east end of the Church of Kilmuir-Easter, near the (Munro of) Allan burying ground",[5] and George Munro, 4th of Milntown who died in 1576 was "buried in the Kilmuir-Easter Churchyard".[6]

Notable People

Gustavus Aird born here.

Notes
  1. A. Fullarton & Company. (1843). The Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland p. 132.
  2. Folio 119-120. List of men on over 16 years of age on Lord Cromertie's estate in the parish of Kilmuire Easter (Ross-shire) nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  3. Mackenzie (1898), p. 287.
  4. Munro (1987).
  5. Mackenzie (1898), p. 273.
  6. Mackenzie (1898), p. 277.

References
  • Mackenzie, Alexander (1898), History of the Munros of Fowlis, Inverness: Scottish Highlander Office
  • Munro, R. W. (1987), Mapping the Clan Munro, Edinburgh: Lindsay & Co. Ltd


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