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See also:BLACK ISLE, THE , a See also:district in the See also:east of the See also:county of See also:Ross and See also:Cromarty, See also:Scotland, bounded N. by Cromarty See also:Firth, E. by See also:Moray Firth, S. by Inner Moray Firth (or Firth of See also:Inverness) and See also:Beauly Firth, and W. by the See also:river See also:Conon and the See also:parish of Urray. It is a See also:diamond-shaped See also:peninsula jutting out from the mainland in a See also:north-easterly direction, the longer See also:axis, from See also:Muir of Ord station to the See also:South Sutor at the entrance to Cromarty Firth, measuring 20 m., and the shorter, from Ferryton Point to Craigton Point, due north and south, 12 m., and it has a See also:coast-See also:line of 52 M. Originally called Ardmeanach (Gaelic ard, height; manaich, See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
monk, " the monk's height," from an old religious See also:house on the finely-wooded See also:ridge of Mulbuie), it derived its customary name from the fact that, since See also:snow does not See also:lie in See also:winter, the promontory looks black while the surrounding See also:country is See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white. Within its limits are comprised the parishes of See also:Urquhart and Logie Wester, Killearnan, Knockbain (Gaelic cnoc, See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill; See also:ban, white), Avoch (pron. See also:Auch), Rosemarkie, Resolis (Gaelic rudha or See also:ros soluis, " cape of the See also:light ") or Kirkmichael and Cromarty. The Black Isle See also:branch of the Highland railway runs from Muir of Ord to See also:Fortrose; steamers connect Cromarty with Invergordon and Inverness, and Fortrose with Inverness; and there are ferries,on the See also:southern coast, at North Kessock (for Inverness) and Chanonry (for Fort See also:George), and, on the See also:northern coast, at Alcaig (for See also:Dingwall), Newhallpoint (for Invergordon), and Cromarty (for Nigg). The See also:principal towns are Cromarty and Fortrose. Rosehaugh, near Avoch, belonged to See also:Sir George See also:Mackenzie, founder of the See also:Advocates' library in See also:Edinburgh, who earned the See also:sobriquet of " Bloody " from his persecution of the See also:Covenanters. Redcastle, on the See also:shore, near Killearnan See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, See also:dates from 1179 and is said to have been the earliest inhabited house in the north of Scotland. On the See also:forfeiture of the earldom of Ross it became a royal See also:castle (being visited by See also:Queen See also:Mary), and afterwards passed for a See also:period into the hands of the Mackenzies of See also:Gairloch. The See also:chief See also:industries are agriculture—high farming flourishes owing to the See also:great fertility of the peninsula—sandstone-See also:quarrying and See also:fisheries (mainly from Avoch). The whole district, though lacking See also:water, is picturesque and was once forested. The Mulbuie ridge, the highest point of which is 838 ft. above the See also:sea, occupies the centre and is the only elevated ground. Antiquarian remains are somewhat numerous, such as forts and See also:cairns in Cromarty parish, and See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone circles in Urquhart and Logie Wester and Knockbain
parishes, the latter also containing a hut circle and See also:rock
fortress.
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