Fyrish Monument
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The Fyrish Monument as seen from Evanton. |
The
Fyrish Monument is a monument built in
1782 on Fyrish Hill (Cnoc Fyrish), near
Evanton,
Easter Ross,
Scotland, on the orders of Sir
Hector Munro, a native lord of the area who had served in
India as a general. As the local population were being
cleared off their land to make way for
sheep, employment was a problem and so it was built to give the locals some work. It represents the Gate of
Negapatam, a port in
Madras, India, which General Munro took for the British in
1781. It is visible from almost anywhere in the parishes of
Kiltearn and
Alness.
Sources
Touring Guide Scotland, p. 151. ISBN 007123981
