Kilmorack

Human settlement in Scotland

Kilmorack

Location within the Inverness area

Highland

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBeaulyPostcode districtIV4 7PoliceScotlandFire Scottish AmbulanceScottish

List of places: UK; Scotland

57°27′51″N 4°30′49″W / 57.46405°N 4.51365°W / 57.46405; -4.51365

Kilmorack (Scottish Gaelic: Cill Mhòraig) is a small hamlet in Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland and now in the Highland Council area. It is situated on the north bank of the River Beauly, 3 miles (5 kilometres) west of Beauly and 15 miles (24 kilometres) west of the city of Inverness.^[1] The river is part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme, with a dam and power station at Kilmorack. The old parish church (1786) was adapted in 1997 to show contemporary Scottish art in Kilmorack Gallery.

Notable People

Rev William Fraser (1851-1919) Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1912^[2] born and raised in Kilmorack.

References

^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David (2016). "Kilmorack". Scottish Gazetteer. The Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ Ewing's Annals of the Free Church