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Book Library

While building this site we have accumulated a lot of information that we felt was best gathered together in different books.  We hope you will enjoy reading them.

Photograph Library

Over the years we have been very fortunate to have been given access to many historic photographs and permission to display them on the website.  We have now collated them into different albums.  We hope you enjoy viewing in them. 

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Kiltearn » Kiltearn Places » Kiltearn Features
Almost at the top of Fyrish
Almost at the top of Fyrish
Balconie Castle
Balconie Castle
Between the late 15th and 17th century this castle was held by the Clan Munro family. By World War 2 it was owned as a summer residence by George Bankes. Requisitioned by the Army it was used as a billet for personnel at the nearby Royal Naval Air Station. Post-war it was purchased by an Alness timber merchant and lay empty. Dry rot was found and the castle was considered to be so unsafe that demolition was the only solution. This took place in the 1960s and the stone was used in the new Smelter at Invergordon. There is little remaining, apart from a field, an icehouse and the walled garden.
Black Rock caravan park.
Black Rock caravan park.
(RCHS photo taken some years ago.)
Display board about the Zulu boats
Display board about the Zulu boats
l-r: Anne Macdonald, Lord Lieutenant Mrs Janet Bowen, Rob Stokes, Euan Campbell, Councillor Mike Finlayson, Mrs E M Munro of Foulis, MBE, Sheena Davidson. [Photograph courtesy of The Ross-shire Journal]
Entrance to Evanton from the South (war memorial on left and Fyrish in background)
Entrance to Evanton from the South (war memorial on left and Fyrish in background)
Foulis Castle
Foulis Castle
Foulis Castle, ancestral home of the Clan Munro. [Photo source unknown]
Front of war memorial.
Front of war memorial.
Fyrish monument
Fyrish monument
(Photo: RCHS)
Fyrish Monument
Fyrish Monument
[Photo: RCHS]
Fyrish Monument
Fyrish Monument
[Photo: RCHS]
Fyrish Monument
Fyrish Monument
[Photo: RCHS]
Fyrish Monument
Fyrish Monument
[Photo: RCHS]
Gathering of Clan Munro
Gathering of Clan Munro
July 2014 there was a Gathering of Clan Munro members in the grounds of Foulis Castle. Part of the weekend's activities included a walk to the top of Fyrish hill (on the hottest day of the summer!) where lies the monument built in 1782 by Sir Hector Munro of Novar, it being a replica of the gates of Negapatam, in India, where Sir Hector had served as a member of the British Army.
Kiltearn beach on the Cromarty Firth, at high tide.
Kiltearn beach on the Cromarty Firth, at high tide.
North face of War Memorial
North face of War Memorial
Plaque on memorial bench.
Plaque on memorial bench.
Right Face of War Memorial
Right Face of War Memorial
The display board about the Zulu boats
The display board about the Zulu boats
The display board
The War Memorial
The War Memorial
The War Memorial
The War Memorial
The War Memorial is situated near the western entrance to the village, close to the school. It is built of grey granite blocks with inscriptions on three sides. Map ref. NH 605 658
View from Fyrish
View from Fyrish
View from Fyrish looking towards entrance to Cromarty Firth. Note oilrigs moored off Invergordon. (RCHS)
View of Black Isle,
View of Black Isle,
View of Black Isle, looking towards the Cromarty Bridge. (photo Mr Munro, Dallas, USA)
Views from the top of Fyrish - Photo 1
Views from the top of Fyrish - Photo 1
Views from the top of Fyrish - Photo 2
Views from the top of Fyrish - Photo 2
Views from the top of Fyrish - photo 3
Views from the top of Fyrish - photo 3
Views from the top of Fyrish - photo 4
Views from the top of Fyrish - photo 4
Looking down on Evanton industrial estate, site of a WW2 airfield
Views from the top of Fyrish - photo 5
Views from the top of Fyrish - photo 5
The above five photographs sweep along the Cromarty firth from the Sutors westwards.
War Memorial and memorial bench.
War Memorial and memorial bench.
Zulu boat
Zulu boat
The remains of a 'Zulu' and, behind, a modern vessel used in connection with repairs to the adjacent Cromarty Bridge. The shape of the remains caused local children to refer to them as crocodiles! [Photograph courtesy of The Ross-shire Journal]
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Kiltearn WW1

Kiltearn WW1

The photos in this album are from the Ross-shire Journal during the 1914-1918 War. Newspaper copies had been deposited with Dingwall Museum but over the years had become rather fragile and were in danger of disintegrating and so it was felt that this valuable record should not be lost.
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Black James, Pte, Evanton
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Kiltearn War Memorial

Kiltearn War Memorial

The war memorial photographs on this site were originally the work of Mr John W Bruce. He has subsequently developed the website http://www.rosswarmemorials.org.uk which gives much more detail.
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Memorial Bench at Kiltearn (Evanton) War Memorial
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