Kishorn, a sea-loch of Applecross parish, SW Rossshire, 5½ miles W of Jeantown or Lochcarron. Projecting from the N side of Loch Carron, opposite Plockton, it penetrates 3¼ miles north-eastward; contracts from 1⁷/8 to ¼ mile; and receives, at its head, the Kishorn rivulet, rising at an altitude of 1000 feet, and running 4¼ miles southward. At its mouth lies Kishorn Island (2½ x 1 furl.; 50 feet high). A post office and a new public school are designated of Kishorn. A written charm for the cure of toothache, bought from a professional witch at Kishorn, and worn by a shepherd in 1855, is now in the Edinburgh Antiquarian Museum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 81, 1882.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)