OS grid reference NH757733 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district IV18 0 Local time Monday 9:58 PM Lieutenancy area Highland | Country Scotland Post town Invergordon Police Scottish Council area Highland | |
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Kilmuir is a former fishing village, located on the north eastern shore of Nigg Bay, 1 mile southeast of Kildary and 4 miles northeast of Invergordon.
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Map of Kilmuir, Invergordon, UK
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.
History
A document dated 30 Jan 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. 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.