Scottish Clan Profile

Clan Munro

Rothach — “uncertain; traditionally 'man from the mouth of the Roe'”
“Dread God”
Indicative sett, woven in CSS, not a licensed tartan image
GaelicRothach
Historic titleMunro of Foulis
HeartlandFerindonald, Easter Ross
Plant badgeCommon club moss

A clan of Easter Ross seated at Foulis since the 14th century, staunchly Protestant and famously Hanoverian in the Jacobite risings. Their country, Ferindonald, lies along the Cromarty Firth.

Ancestral seats

  • Foulis Castle, Evanton

Where to walk in their footsteps

Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.

Foulis Castle, Evanton

The chief's seat; tours run by prior appointment only through the Clan Munro association.

Fyrish Monument, Evanton

Hilltop folly raised by Sir Hector Munro, with wide Cromarty Firth views.

Also recorded as

MonroMonroeMunroe

Travelling to Munro country

Cashel Travel has arranged clan gatherings and heritage tours across Scotland and Ireland since the 1990s, including full gatherings for Clan Gordon, Hay, Keith, Lindsay, Hunter, Dunbar, Graham, Sutherland and MacLaren. We research the family history, build the itinerary around it, and arrange access to places that are not normally open to the public.

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