Books about the Black Isle
Discovering the Black Isle
Douglas Willis (author) John Donald Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh. ISBN 0-85976-263-7 Its patchwork countryside contains a wealth of geological and scenic interest. Hugh Miller, pioneering geologist, lived in Cromarty and made
the Black Isle world famous for its rocks and fossils Forest and firth are rich in wildlife attraction, while the fertile farmlands have been moulded by the generations of country folk who have worked the soil.
It is a place where past and present meet, where folk belief is strong, and where sayings of a Highland seer are still accorded a healthy respect. Few parts of the Highlands can have such a wealth of interest
packed into such a small area. This book is an indispensable key - for native or visitor alike - to a personal discovery of the Black Isle... Rosehaugh - A House of its Time
John Mills, Hilda Hesling, Magdalene Maclean, and Kathleen MacLeman. The Avoch Heritage Association Published by the Avoch Heritage Association This book has been meticulously researched, the photographs evoke splendidly the beauty and the glamour of the house and gardens and
of the lifestyle of its occupants. To read it is to savour the rare delights of those Edwardian days. Copies available from Avoch Heritage Association, or through contacting us at the web-site. . Hilda Hesling Published by the Avoch Heritage Assocation
An interesting and well-researched account of the life of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, and his travels across Canada. The book emerged from an exhibition mounted by the Avoch Heritage
Association, which brought together much of the meterial about this great explorer, who lived latterly in Avoch on the Black Isle.
Eilean Dubh: The Black Isle. Once connected to the mainland by a chain of ferries, this fascinating northern peninsula is now linked by two
bridges which span the Cromarty and Inverness firths.
This book tells the story of a dream - and of a man who spent his fortune and his energy, about a hundred years ago, on making it
come true. The dream took the form of a house of superb structure, filled with objects of rare beauty, brought from many parts of the world. The dreamer was also a practical man who bore quite happily
the burden of responsibility for the well-being of his workers, his servants, the tenants of his lands and farms and the people of the neighbouring village of Avoch. The dream has vanished, as dreams do,
but the memory of it lives on in the minds and records of the generations.
An Enterprising Spirit
The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer Alexander Mackenzie. Published by Constable and Company Ltd, London
The book contains the prophecies themselves, as well as a commentary.
ISBN 0-09-461720-1
The Brahan Seer was a shadowy figure from the 17th or possibly 16th century,
known for his string of prophesies concerning the Highlands, their depopulation, the demise of crofting, the arrival of rich landowners, the cutting of the Caledonian Canal, and many other aspects of modern Scottish life.
Victorian and Edwardian Highlands from old photographs
Introduction and commentaries by Francis Thompson
These old photographs show exactly how the Highlanders looked, in their features, in their dress and in their daily avocations; they illustrate the
primitive conditions of the homes; they picture the Highlanders at work, whether as fishermen at sea or in the scarcely less demanding activities of farming; they show how the Highlander got about; they record the local
sports and pastimes as well as the few industrial activities that then existed.
Portrait of the Moray Firth Cuthbert Graham
The Moray Firth is the largest inlet of the East coast of Britain - a great triangle of water 96 miles from north to south, 95 miles from west to east, and 78 miles across on its third side, open to the sea.
Other references
'A Century and a Half of Black Isle Farmers, 1836-1986', by Black Isle Farmers Society (Booklet) 'A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides 1772' by Thomas Pennant, 1774 & 1776 (new paperback edition published by Birlinn,
Edinburgh, 1998) 'A Village History Book, Fortrose & Rosemarkie through the ages', published by Chanonry W.R.I. (Booklet) 'Easter Ross 1750-1850, The Double Frontier'
by Ian Mowat, published by John Donald, 1981 'Ferries in Scotland' by Marie Weir, published by John Donald, Edinburgh, 1988 'Fisherlore of Avoch' by David King Sutherland 'Fortrose Cathedral'
by Noel Macdonald Wilby 'Killearnan, The Story of the Parish' by Margaret Oag, Killearnan WRI, 1966, updated 1997 (Booklet) 'Old Cromarty Castle'
by Harry Gordon Slade, published by Cromarty Courthouse, 1993 (Booklet) 'Pictish Symbol Stones – An Illustrated Gazateer', published by The Royal Commission on the
Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), 1999 'Recollections of A Bygone Age' by Jessie Munro, published by the author, 1974 (Booklet) 'Ross & Cromarty, A Historical Guide'
by David Alston, published by Burlinn, Edinburgh, 1999 'Ross & Cromarty, An Illustrated Architectural Guide' by Elizabeth Beaton, published by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, 1992
'Scenes & Legends of the North of Scotland, Or The Traditional History of Cromarty' by Hugh Miller, first published by A & C Black, Edinburgh, 1835 'The Apostle of the North'
by Rev John Kennedy, D.D., Dingwall, published by Free Presbyterian Publications, Glasgow, 1978 'The Black Isle, A Portrait of the Past' by Elizabeth Marshall, published by J C Protheroe, Fortrose, 1973
'The Black Isle, Local History & Archaeology Guidebook No 3' by Edward Meldrum, 1984 (Booklet) The Cromarty & Dingwall Light Railway' by Eric H Malcolm, published by Cromarty Courthouse, 1993 (Booklet)
'The Cromarty We Knew – A Walk Through the 1930s' by Eric Malcolm, published by Cromarty Courthouse, 2000 'The Legend of Hugh Miller' by Martin Gostwick, published by Cromarty Courthouse, 1993 (Booklet)
'This Noble Harbour, A History of the Cromarty Firth' by Marinell Ash, published by Cromarty Firth Port Authority & John Donald, 1991 'Village Life in the 30's'
by Jock Chisholm, 1999 (booklet concentrating on parish of Urray)
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