Munlochy
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Fields beside Bayhead Wood Looking towards Munlochy. | |
Location within the
Ross and Cromarty area | |
OS grid reference | NH647533 |
Council area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MUNLOCHY |
Postcode district | IV8 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Munlochy ( /mənˈlɒxi/ mən-LOKH-ee; Scottish Gaelic: Poll Lochaidh) is a small village, lying at the head of Munlochy Bay (Ob Poll Lochaidh), in the Black Isle in Ross and Cromarty, in northern Scotland. [1] [2]
There are few early records of a settlement, but it seems likely that Munlochy expanded in the 1760s due to quarry workers extracting stone nearby to build Fort George on the far side of the Moray Firth. [3]
Munlochy sits at the top of the tidal inlet of Munlochy Bay, that is itself an opening of the Moray Firth.
This is the name of popular pipe tune, a two line, three part Strathspey, which is often played for dancing.