Kilmorack, Inverness Shire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

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

Place Type of entry Source
Kilmorack parish and hamlet Bartholomew
Kilmorack a large parish with a hamlet Groome

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

Place Type of entry Source
Affric a lake and a river Groome
Affrick lake and river Bartholomew
Aigas rock Bartholomew
Aigas or Eilean-Aigas a rocky islet Groome
Beauly village with railway station Bartholomew
Beauly a village Groome
Beneveian a loch and a mountain Groome
Bridgend hamlet Bartholomew
Bridgend a hamlet Groome
Cannich rivulet Bartholomew
Cannich, or Cannick Bridge place with school Bartholomew
Dhruim a river-gorge Groome
Druim romantic gorge Bartholomew
Fasnakyle seat Bartholomew
Fasnakyle a mansion Groome
Glencannich the glen of the rivulet Cannich Groome
Glen Grivie wild glen Bartholomew
Invercannich hamlet with inn Bartholomew
Invercannich a hamlet Groome
Knockfin House Bartholomew
Loch Beneveian loch Bartholomew
Marydale a place Groome
Marydale place with Roman Catholic church Bartholomew
Miulie, Loch, or Loch a' Mhuilinn a small lake Groome
Sgurr na Lapaich mountain Bartholomew
Struy a place, with a public school Groome
Teanassie school Bartholomew

Travel writing

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

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Beaufort Castle 2 2
Kiltarlity 0 2
The Aird 1 2
Eilean Aigas 0 2
Beauly 11 2
Lovat 2 2
Eskadale 0 2
Gilchrist 0 2
Muir of Ord 0 3
Kirkhill 0 2
Urray 0 2
Brahan 3 2
Redcastle 0 2
Kilcoy 0 2
Killeranan 0 2
Ferintosh 0 2
Cononbridge 0 2
Contin 0 2
Coul 0 2
Bona 0 2

Names from historical writing

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

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

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