History ⋆ Ross and Cromarty Heritage

Kiltearn History

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Evanton airfield

Visit the Airfield pages to find out more about the airfield, the memorial to Evanton Airfield and the Displaced Persons Camp.

Tented encampment at Novar 1924 before any buildings on site.

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Ferindonald Papers

Read this excellent book by Frank Maclennan

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Kirk Session Minutes

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Oral History Project

Find out more about the Oral History Project

Storehouse of Foulis

Find out more about the history of this iconic building.

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Statistical Accounts

On the 25 May 179, Sir John Sinclair, Baronet of Ulbster in Caithness wrote to over nine hundred Parish ministers throughout Scotland asking them to contribute to a Statistical Inquiry by answering as best they could,a series of one hundred and sixty-six Queries respecting each Parish.

The New (or Second) Statistical Account of Scotland built on the previous work carried out by Sir John Sinclair for the First Statistical Accounts by including the knowledge of local doctors and schoolmasters. The Second Statistical Accounts were published between 1834 and 1845.

Zulu Fishing Boats

Have you often wondered what the wood was near the Storehouse? Read the story of why these boats were abandoned.

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Kiltearn » Kiltearn Folk

The Dods family who were tragically lost on The Natal in December 1915

John Henry Dods, Dalgheal, Evanton, his wife Annie Farrer, and their children Dorothy Elizabeth, Marcus Palliser and John Frederick, all of whom perished when HMS Natal exploded in the Cromarty Firth on 30 December 1915. The Dods family were guests at a party on board the Natal hosted by the commanding officer, Captain Eric Black and his wife and children. Other guests included three nurses from the hospital ship Drina, which was moored nearby.

Mrs Isabella Maclean beside the first milk separator to be introduced to Ross-shire

This is a photograph of the late Mrs Isabella Maclean, of "Castle Needle", Balconie Street, Evanton (date unknown, but possibly late 1920s), beside the first milk separator to be introduced to Ross-shire, and located at Balconie Farm. The building (a dairy) behind Mrs Maclean has been restored in recent years