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Fyrish Monument
Fyrish Monument was built in 1782 on Fyrish Hill (Cnoc Fyrish), near Evanton, Easter Ross. It was built on the orders of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, a native lord of the area who had served in India as a general. As the local population were being cleared off their land to make way for sheep, employment was a problem and so it was built to give the locals some work. It represents the Gate of Nagapattinam (previously known as Negapatam), a port in Tamil Nadu, India, which General Munro took for the British in 1781.
However, Munro was not some benevolent guy with the interests of the locals at heart. As the local landowner, it was none other than Sir Hector who had brought in the sheep which were the cause of the unemployment problem.
Fyrish Monument
Fyrish Monument was built in 1782 on Fyrish Hill (Cnoc Fyrish), near Evanton, Easter Ross. It was built on the orders of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, a native lord of the area who had served in India as a general. As the local population were being cleared off their land to make way for sheep, employment was a problem and so it was built to give the locals some work. It represents the Gate of Nagapattinam (previously known as Negapatam), a port in Tamil Nadu, India, which General Munro took for the British in 1781.
However, Munro was not some benevolent guy with the interests of the locals at heart. As the local landowner, it was none other than Sir Hector who had brought in the sheep which were the cause of the unemployment problem.