Hill of Fearn

Hill of Fearn (Ordnance Survey gbmapping|NH832778) is a small village in Easter Ross, in the Highland area of Scotland.

The village is on the B9165 road. This road links the village to Fearn railway station (gbmappingsmall|NH816782), on the Far North Line, and to the A9 (gbmappingsmall|NH797787).

The parish church of Fearn Abbey stands a few minutes to the south-east of the village. Coincidentally, one of its Abbots, Abbot Finlay McFaed (d.1485) almost shares his unusual surname with the present renovator and owner of Balnagown Castle (Seat of the Clan Ross, 10 minutes to the north-west) - Mohamed Al Fayed.

Famous Residents

Hill of Fearn was the birthplace (28 August 1884) of the New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser (1 April 1940 to 13 December 1949).

The author Eric Linklater (1899-1974), when he was owner nearby at Pitcalzean House, Nigg in the 1940s and 1950s bought his clothes from the village tailor, Norman Smart.

Trivia

The "N" on the sign into the village is often removed, hence giving the village the more sinister title of "Hill of Fear" - despite the best efforts of Highland Council to replace the N, or the entire sign itself, on a number of occasions.

External links

* [http://www.fearnpeninsula.org/ Fearn Peninsula]
* [http://www.tainmuseum.org.uk/ Tain Through Time]
* [http://www.tain.org.uk/ Tain community website]
* [http://www.tainpottery.co.uk/ Aldie Watermill & Tain Pottery]
* [http://www.anta.co.uk/ Anta Pottery]
* [http://www.pitcalzeanhouse.co.uk/ Pitcalzean House]
* [http://www.controltowers.co.uk/F/Fearn.htm Fearn Aerodrome]