Lonemore, Sutherland Explained

Country:Scotland
Official Name:Lonemore
Gaelic Name:An Lòn Mhòr
Os Grid Reference:NH766882
Static Image:Lonemore, Sutherland - geograph-5837675.jpg
Static Image Caption:Lonemore, near Dornoch, Sutherland
Map Type:Sutherland
Coordinates:57.8667°N -4.0804°W
Postcode District:PH20 1
Postcode Area:PH

Lonemore (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: An Lòn Mhòr[1]) is a village on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[2]

Lonemore lies on the road leading to Dornoch from the Meikle Ferry. To its immediate north lies Cyderhall or Sidera, whose name may be a corruption of "Sigurd's Howe", as the reputed burial place of the Viking leader Sigurd Eysteinsson whose death about 875 CE is recounted in the Orkneyinga saga.

Skibo Castle is located 0.5 miles to the northwest. In a 1783 map of Lonemore drawn up by David Aiken, the lands were divided west to east between the Skibo estate, Sir George Munro of Poyntzfield, and the Countess of Sutherland.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (AÀA) — Gaelic Place-names of Scotland. 2024-02-07. en. Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba.
  2. Web site: Gittings . Bruce . Munro . David . Lonemore, Sutherland . The Gazetteer for Scotland . School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society . 7 February 2019.