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2 unusual facts about Muir of Ord


Lewis Williamson

Despite his recent success in formulae cars, Williamson combines his racing with an apprenticeship at Ross-Shire Engineering, working as a fabrication engineer in Muir of Ord, a 100-mile round trip from his home in Golspie.

Muir of Ord

The Glen Ord Distillery is one of the few remaining whisky distilleries on the Black Isle.


Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde

He received from his brother the 8th Earl, the lands of Rattray, Aberdour, and Crimond in Aberdeenshire, that of Dunsyre, Lanarkshire, and those of Ardmanach (Modern Redcastle, between Tore and Muir of Ord) and Ormonde, (modern day Avoch) in Invernesshire.


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