Muir of Ord

Muir of Ord ; Scottish Gaelic Am Blàr Dubh
Coordinates	57 ° 31 ′ N , 4 ° 28 ′ W Coordinates: 57 ° 31 ′ N , 4 ° 28 ′ W
	Muir of Ord
	Muir of Ord
Residents	2555 2011 census
administration
Post town	MUIR OF ORD
ZIP code section	IV6
prefix	01463
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	Highland
British Parliament	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Ross, Skye and Inverness West

Muir of Ord ( Gaelic : Am Blàr Dubh ) is a village in the Scottish Council Area Highland . It is about 15 km west-northwest of Inverness and 8 km south of Dingwall west of the Black Isle . In 2011 Muir of Ord had 2555 inhabitants.

history

The village developed at the beginning of the 19th century on the site of the hamlet of Tarradale . The driving force behind the development was the importance of freight transport by rail and road as well as the founding of the Glen Ord whiskey distillery in 1838. The distillery is still active today and is now part of the international Diageo group . The malt house, which is part of Glen Ord, also supplies other Diageo distilleries.

Castle Hill Henge

Castle Hill Henge, also known as the Muir of Ord Fort, is 270 meters from the Muir of Ord train station. The Class II henge dates from the Neolithic or the Bronze Age . It measures 26 meters by 20 meters. It is enclosed by a 5.5 meter wide ditch and a double outer wall. The ground monument partially serves as the green of the “Muir of Ord golf course”, but the northwestern part of the trench was filled. An access via a dam is in the southwest. Inside the henge are the remains of a later beehive hut .

Carn Urnan

Carn Urnan (also Cairn Irenan or Carn Inenan) is located northeast of Muir of Ord. It is a Clava Cairn whose cairn material has been completely removed. The curb ring has a diameter of about 12.6 meters and is complete except for five stones. The tallest stone is 1.2 m high and the smallest is 40 cm high. The entrance in the southwest is 0.6 m wide. Two somewhat displaced capstones remained above the corridor. The oval chamber measures 3.3 × 4.2 m. The ring of small upright plates is almost closed. The outer stone circle of which only four stones stand upright has a diameter of about 22.0 meters, the highest stone measures 1.75 m.

traffic

The A9 , which connects Edinburgh with Thurso , runs about seven kilometers east of the village and connects Muir of Ord to the long-distance network. Until the completion of the Kessock Bridge , the A9 ran from Inverness via Beauly and Muir of Ord to Dingwall. In addition, Muir of Ord has had its own train station since 1862, which the Far North Line and Kyle of Lochalsh Line regularly serve.