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Muir of Ord Places

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Churches

There has been a church presence in the Muir of Ord, Tarradale and Urray area from around the 16th century, if not before.

Kilchrist Church being the first, followed by Urray West, through ‘The Disruption’ to Urray Free Church and the birth of the United Free Church, now known as Urray East or Urray and Kilchrist Church of Scotland.

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Commercial

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Glen Ord Distillery on the A832 road to the north-west of the village.

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Features

Find out more about the Harper’s Cairn and the Tarradale Tower

Harper's Cairn, at the entrance to the car park in the centre of Muir of Ord.

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Locations

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Public Buildings

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Place Names of Urray Parish

This extract was taken, with the permission of the Trustees, from Prof. W.J. Watson’s – ‘Place Names of Ross and Cromarty’. The most recent edition of this work was published by HIGHLAND HERITAGE BOOKS Tir nan Oran, 8 Culcairn Road, Evanton IV16 9YT

Place Names of Ross and Cromarty p104 onwards

Recreation

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The plaque on Harper's Cairn

The plaque on Harper's Cairn. It reads: "The original site of the cairn is reputed to have been in the garden of the adjacent schoolhouse. The Chlarsair, or harper, according to local legend, was slain by Iain Dubh Ghiuthais to prevent disclosure of the theft of millstones, of which he was unfortunate to be spectator."

Harper's Cairn, at the entrance to the car park in the centre of Muir of Ord.

Muir of Ord War Memorial.

Muir of Ord War Memorial. The Monument is a circular, truncated cone, about 7.5m (25 feet) in diameter at the base, and about the same in height. Construction is of large stones cemented together. It stands about 100 metres back from the road, on a small hilly slope in a pleasant setting of trees (holly etc) and rhododendrons. Entrance to the grounds is via a metal gate about 100 metres along the west side of Corrie Road which comes off the A862 just west of the railway bridge. The map reference is NH527502 on OS Sheet 26. The 1939-1945 War names are on a harp-shaped slab of red granite fixed on the lower front of the 1914 monument. MAIRIDH AN RLIU GU BRATH On the side of the monument is a bronze plate with the words: PLACED BY PEOPLE OF MUIR OF ORD IN COMMEMORATION OF 50th ANNIVERSARY V E DAY 8th MAY 1995.