Munlochy
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 Fields beside Bayhead Wood Looking towards Munlochy. | |
  Munlochy Location within theRoss and Cromarty area | |
| OS grid reference | NH647533 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MUNLOCHY |
| Postcode district | IV8 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| 57°33′00″N4°15′44″W / 57.549932°N 4.26228°W /57.549932; -4.26228 | |
Munlochy (/mənˈlɒxi/mən-LOKH-ee;Scottish Gaelic:Poll Lochaidh) is a smallvillage, lying at the head ofMunlochy Bay (Ob Poll Lochaidh), in theBlack Isle inRoss and Cromarty, in northernScotland.[1][2]
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 buildFort George on the far side of theMoray Firth.[3]
Munlochy sits at the top of the tidal inlet ofMunlochy Bay, that is itself an opening of theMoray Firth.
This is the name of popular pipe tune, a two line, three part Strathspey, which is often played for dancing.