Lonemore, Ross-shire

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Lonemore
Gaelic: An Lòn Mòr
Ross-shire
Lonemore.jpg
Lonemore and Loch Gairloch
Location
Grid reference: NG787772
Location: 57°43’50"N, 5°43’5"W
Data
Postcode: IV21 2
Local Government
Council: Highland

Lonemore is a crofting village on the north shore of Gair Loch near the village of Gairloch,[1] in Ross-shire.

The village was founded by Sir Francis Alexander Mackenzie, 5th Baronet (1798 - 1843) after his succession to the family title in 1826, by 1856 the village was a model of its kind in contrast to the devastation of the Clearances elsewhere.

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