Knockfarrel

Knockfarrel Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Fhearghalaigh
Abandoned crofthouse near Knockfarrel
Knockfarrel Location within the Ross and Cromarty area
OS grid reference	NH510581
Council area	Highland
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 rural settlement, 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 settlement, ^[2] and which it gave its name to the settlement. The walk up to the fort is a popular tourist attraction.

The settlement 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.
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.

External links

• Historic Environment Scotland. "Knock Farril (Site no. NH55NW 10)" . Retrieved 24 June 2025.