Kilmuir, Inverness Shire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Kilmuir. You may be able to find further references to Kilmuir in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Kilmuir parish and hamlet Bartholomew
Kilmuir a hamlet and a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Kilmuir.

Place Type of entry Source
Borniskittag hamlet and headland Bartholomew
Borniskittag a headland and a hamlet Groome
Camismore village and sea-loch Bartholomew
Camismore a village and a bay or sea-loch Groome
Dunliath old Scandinavian fort Bartholomew
Dunliath an old Scandinavian fort Groome
Dunscuddeburgh a ruined fort Groome
Dunscuddeburgh ruins of fort Bartholomew
Duntulm an ancient castle Groome
Fladda an uninhabited pastoral islet Groome
Fladda-chuain island Bartholomew
Fladdachuain an uninhabited pastoral islet Groome
Flodigarry an ancient house Groome
Garros village Bartholomew
Gharafata a headland Groome
Glashvin hamlet Bartholomew
Grealin hamlet Bartholomew
Hunglader hamlet Bartholomew
Kilmaluag place with school Bartholomew
Kilvaxter hamlet Bartholomew
Lealt hamlet Bartholomew
Linacro hamlet Bartholomew
Lonfearn a village Groome
Lonfearn village Bartholomew
Maliogar hamlet Bartholomew
Marshadder hamlet Bartholomew
Monkstadt an old mansion Groome
Monkstardt an old mansion Bartholomew
Quiraing mountain Bartholomew
Quiraing a mountain Groome
Staffin (or Stenscholl) hamlet Bartholomew
Stenscholl hamlet Bartholomew
Trodday island Bartholomew
Valtos village Bartholomew
Valtos a village Groome

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Borniskittag 0 2
Uig 0 2
Staffin 0 3
Snizort 1 4
Edinbain 0 1
Bay 0 2
Duirinish 1 3
Dunvegan 12 2
Eilean An Tighe 0 2
Rona 3 2
Shiant Isles 0 2
Portree 16 2
Scalpa 0 2
Skye 141 2
Bracadale 0 2
Raasay 26 2
Tarbert 0 3
Carbost 0 2
Talisker 5 2
Eilean Siar 2 4

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Kilmuir. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
KILMUIR John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
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