Donald Monro (priest)
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Donald Monro was a Scottish clergyman, who wrote an early and historically valuable description of the Hebrides and other Scottish islands and enjoyed the honorific title of "Dean of the Isles".
Castle Craig on the Black Isle, with the Cromarty Firth beyond. Donald Monro may have lived here in the 1560s.
The ruins of Brochel Castle, Raasay. Monro wrote that it was one of two castles on the island and had a "fair orchard".
Sula Sgeir from the south west. Donald Monro wrote that the men of Ness sailed there in their small craft to "fetche hame thair boatful of dry wild fowls", a tradition that continues.
Foulis Castle
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Foulis Castle is situated two miles south-west of Evanton in the parish of Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It is a white washed mansion that incorporates an old tower house with gun loops. The
Foulis Castle
Drone view of Foulis Castle
Entrance to Foulis Castle, note the golden eagles on each pillar, symbols of the Clan Munro
Some of the original castle fortifications showing under later walled construction