Knockfarrel

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Knockfarrel
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Abandoned crofthouse near Knockfarrel
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Knockfarrel
Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
OS grid reference NH510581
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Dingwall
Postcode district IV15 9
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°35′18″N4°29′34″W / 57.58833°N 4.49264°W / 57.58833; -4.49264

Knockfarrel (Scottish Gaelic : Cnoc Fearghalaigh) is a village, 1 mile east of Strathpeffer, in Dingwall in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. [1]

Knockfarrel or Knock Farrel, or indeed Knock Farril (stone fort) is a vitrified pictish Iron Age fort which lies on the knockfarrel hill, immediately to the north of the village, [2] and which it gave its name to the village. The walk up to the fort is a popular tourist attraction.

The village once had a large enough population to have its own shinty club which then amalgamated with Strathpeffer's to create Caberfeidh in 1886. [3]

References

  1. G.E. Mitton (1925). Black's Guide to Scotland. Рипол Классик. p. 427. ISBN   978-5-88070-219-0 . Retrieved 7 June 2019.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. Alexander Mackenzie; Alexander Macgregor; Alexander Macbain (1877). The Celtic Magazine. A. and W. Mackenzie. p. 54. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. "Caberfeidh Shinty Club 125th Anniversary Celebrations". Shinty.com. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012.