Folklore

Knockfarrel
Hillfort

The vitrified fort on Knock-Farril, in Ross-shire, is said to have been one of Fin McCoul’s castles;[32] and Knock-Farril, or rather “a knoll opposite Knock-Farril” is remembered as the abode of the Fairies of that district.[33]

[32] Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. vii. p. 294, note.

[33] See, for example, an article on “Scottish Customs and Folk lore,” in The Glasgow Herald of August 1, 1891

From ‘Fians, Fairies and Picts’, by David MacRitchie, 1893.

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