Windhill ( gd, Cnoc na Gaoithe) is a hamlet 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 ...
, in the
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
council area of
Scotland, about halfway between the villages of
Beauly and
Muir of Ord, beside the
A862. It is just to the north of a small stream which marks the boundary of Ross and Cromarty with
Inverness-shire, which is also often considered to be the western boundary of the
Black Isle.
There are several
standing stone
A menhir (from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large human-made upright rock (geology), stone, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. T ...
s near Windhill. One of them, known as ''Clach an t-Seasaidh'', is said to be referred to in a prophecy by the
Brahan Seer
The Brahan Seer, known in his native Scottish Gaelic as Coinneach Odhar ("Dark Kenneth"), and Kenneth Mackenzie, was, according to legend, a predictor of the future who lived in the 17th century.
The Brahan Seer is regarded by some to be the cre ...
.
References
Populated places in Ross and Cromarty
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