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The original Fearn Abbey was established during the reign of Alexander II by Premonstratensians from Whithorn Priory, a monastery of white canons, who provided the first abbot. The Abbey was originally settled by Fearchar, 1st Earl of Ross, in the 1220s but was moved to the southeast during the time of the second abbot, Malcolm of Nigg. The Abbey which is still in use today was within the heartland of the earls of Ross and the later Clan Ross Chiefs, many of whom are buried here.

Fearn Abbey

The tomb of Countess Euphemia Ross at Fortrose Cathedral.

Euphemia de Ross

An old door-latch and latch key from Cadboll Castle.

Cadboll Castle, Door Latch and Key

A list of items and costs from the English Exchequer for various pieces of armour purchased for the Earl of Ross, by King Edward of England, as he returned to Scotland after almost six years of captivity.

Armour for the Earl of Ross

A collection of coins found, by a metal detectorist, not far from the site of the Battle of Carbisdale fought near the village of Culrian in 1650. They include; one Queen Elizabeth I sixpence, one Charles I shilling, two Spanish Netherlands half Patagons and one Holy Roman Empire Patagon. The coins likely belonged to one of Montrose's two hundred soldiers who were said to have drowned trying to escape across the Kyle River.

Carbisdale Coin Hoard