Knockfarrel

Knockfarrel

Knockfarrel

Human settlement in Scotland

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]

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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. [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. [2]
    Alexander Mackenzie; Alexander Macgregor; Alexander Macbain (1877). The Celtic Magazine. A. and W. Mackenzie. p. 54. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Caberfeidh Shinty Club 125th Anniversary Celebrations". Shinty.com. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012.


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