Knockfarrel
Village in Ross-shire, Scotland
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Knockfarrel (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Fearghalaigh) is a rural settlement, 1 mile east of Strathpeffer, in Dingwall in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1]
Knockfarrel
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Abandoned crofthouse near Knockfarrel | |
  Knockfarrel Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
| OS grid reference | NH510581 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Dingwall |
| Postcode district | IV15 9 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Knockfarrel or Knock Farrel, or indeed Knock Farril (stone fort) is a vitrified pictish Iron Age fort which lies on the knockfarrel hill, immediately to the north of the settlement,[2] and which it gave its name to the settlement. The walk up to the fort is a popular tourist attraction.
The settlement once had a large enough population to have its own shinty club which then amalgamated with Strathpeffer's to create Caberfeidh in 1886.[3]
