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*There is gravestone with a warning from Thomas Hog in the parish churchyard. It was renewed in 1940.
*Very Rev Murdoch MacQueen Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland who died in 1912 is buried there.
*The churchyard contains several Polish war graves from the Second World War.
*According to 19th century historian Alexander Mackenzie, Robert Mor Munro, 15th Baron of Foulis who died in 1588 was the first Munro chief to be buried at Kiltearn and break away from his ancestor's usual custom of being buried at Chanonry. Mackenzie also states that the following Munro chiefs were also buried at Kiltearn: Robert Munro, 16th Baron of Foulis (d.1589), Hector Munro, 17th Baron of Foulis (d.1603),
Kiltearn (Gaelic
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
: ''Cill Tighearna
A tiarna (Irish language, Irish), or tighearna (Scottish Gaelic, Scottish), both from the Old Irish tigerna, is a lord in the Gaels, Gaelic world and languages. An Ard Tiarna is a "high lord", approximately equal in rank to a count or earl, althou ...
'') is a parish in Ross and Cromarty
Ross and Cromarty ( gd, Ros agus Cromba), sometimes referred to as Ross-shire and Cromartyshire, is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a lieutenancy area in current use, the latt ...
, Scotland. It is in the Presbytery of Ross.
The principal settlement is the village of Evanton, and the parish extends almost to Dingwall and about halfway to Alness. The old Kiltearn church and burial ground are on the shore of the Cromarty Firth. The church is ruinous but dates from 1790. The current church (Free Church Continuing
The Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) (Scottish Gaelic: An Eaglais Shaor Leantainneach) is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination which was formed in January 2000. It claims to be the true continuation of the Free Church of Scotland, hence its ...
) is on the main street in Evanton.
Churchyard
*There is gravestone with a warning from Thomas Hog in the parish churchyard. It was renewed in 1940.
*Very Rev Murdoch MacQueen Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland who died in 1912 is buried there.
*The churchyard contains several Polish war graves from the Second World War.
*According to 19th century historian Alexander Mackenzie, Robert Mor Munro, 15th Baron of Foulis who died in 1588 was the first Munro chief to be buried at Kiltearn and break away from his ancestor's usual custom of being buried at Chanonry. Mackenzie also states that the following Munro chiefs were also buried at Kiltearn: Robert Munro, 16th Baron of Foulis (d.1589), Hector Munro, 17th Baron of Foulis (d.1603), Sir Robert Munro, 3rd Baronet
Sir Robert Munro, 3rd Baronet of Foulis (died 1668), 21st Baron and 24th chief of the Clan Munro was a 17th-century Scottish soldier and politician.
Robert succeeded to the head of his house upon the death of his cousin, Sir Hector Munro, 2nd Ba ...
(d.1666), Sir John Munro, 4th Baronet
Sir John Munro, 4th Baronet of Foulis (died ), 22nd Baron and 25th Scottish clan chief, chief of the Clan Munro, was such a strenuous supporter of Presbyterianism, that, being of a large frame, he was known as "the Presbyterian mortar-piece."
Care ...
(d.1697), and Sir Robert Munro, 5th Baronet
Sir Robert Munro, 5th Baronet of Foulis (died 11 September 1729) was also 23rd Baron and 26th chief of the Clan Munro. He became blind and was known as the ''Blind Baron''.
Member of Parliament
Robert Munro was the eldest son of Sir John Munr ...
(d.1729).
*The 16th century churchman Donald Munro was buried in Kiltearn, "a little to the east of the burial ground of the family of Foulis", although the grave is not marked.
* George Munro, 1st of Obsdale (d.1589) was buried at Kiltearn.
Notes
References
* * Ross and Cromarty Civil parishes of Scotland Parishes in Ross and Cromarty {{Highland-geo-stub