Kilmuir is a former fishing village, located on the north eastern shore of Nigg Bay, one mile (1.5 kilometres) southeast of Kildary and four miles (six kilometres) northeast of Invergordon.
Kilmuir | |
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Kilmuir Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
OS grid reference | NH757733 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Invergordon |
Postcode district | IV18 0 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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]
At the last census (2011), the population of the civil parish was 1100.[2] The area of the parish is 11,008 acres.[3]
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.[4] 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.[4]
Tarbat House is a mile east of the village.
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.[5] The conical stone belfry is dated 1616 with the initials of George Munro.[6]
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",[7] and George Munro, 4th of Milntown who died in 1576 was "buried in the Kilmuir-Easter Churchyard".[8]
Gustavus Aird born here.