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Munlochy ( ;
Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...
: ''Poll Lochaidh'') is a small
village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
, lying at the head of Munlochy Bay (''Ob Poll Lochaidh''), in the Black Isle in
Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty (), is an area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. In modern usage, it is a registration county and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. Between 1889 and 1975 it was a Shires of Scotland, county. Historical ...
, in northern
Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
. 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.


Geography

Munlochy sits at the top of the tidal inlet of Munlochy Bay, that is itself an opening of the Moray Firth.


Munlochy Bridge

This is the name of popular pipe tune, a two line, three part Strathspey, which is often played for dancing.


See also

* Clootie well * Black Isle


References

{{reflisthttps://musescore.com/song/munlochy_bridge-2126599 Populated places on the Black Isle