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Kiltearn Places

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Burial Grounds

Find out more about the burial ground and war graves.

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Churches

Find out about Kiltearn Old Parish church and the research project.

Pre-Reformation relics, with arch and buttress.

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Features

View a variety of features from Kiltearn beach to Balconie Castle.

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Lemlair

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Place Names of Kiltearn 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 p 85 – 92

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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