Murkle is a Village in the county of Highland.

Murkle postcode: KW14 8SR

Retail in Murkle

There are great places to visit near Murkle including some great towns, mountains and lakes.

Don't miss Fort William's towns if visiting the area around Murkle.

Mountains to visit near Murkle include Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis).

Places near Murkle feature a number of interesting lakes including Loch Linnhe.

Murkle History

There are some historic monuments around Murkle:

• Sordale Hill,Cnoc na Ciste,chambered cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM442
• Upper Sour,broch 315m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM2218
• Gallow Hill,long cairns and chambered cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM483
• Burnside,broch 365m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM531
• St Trothan's Church Ecclesiastical: church SM5566
• Braal Castle Secular: castle SM619
• Tulloch of Milton,chambered cairn 640m W of Halkirk Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM499
• Sinclair's Sithean,long cairn 1300m NW of Stemster Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM480
• Thurdistoft,broch 275m SSW of,Castletown Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM590
• Olrig House,broch 900m NE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM572
• Olrig House,broch 300m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM571
• Trothanmas Hillock,cairn,Netherside,Castletown Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM493
• Stemster, long cairn 790m NNW of Roadside Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosed cremation cemetery SM11239
• Tulloch of Shalmstry,broch 275m SE of Shalmstry Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM594
• Thurso, St Peter's Church and Burial Ground Crosses and carved stones: tombstone; Ecclesiastical: church SM618
• Halkirk,St Thomas's Chapel Ecclesiastical: chapel SM2658
• Stemster Hill, chambered cairn 1180m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM486
• Nipster, henge 250m NNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge SM7039
• Castlehill, broch 400m NNW of Kylerhea Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch; Secular: Viking graves (pagan) SM2189
• Cairn of Sibmister,broch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM535
• Mill of Knockdee,chambered cairn SSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM468
• Ring Hillock, cairn 280m S of Breezy Brae Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM474
• Dunnet,two cairns on W side of Dunnet-Castleton Road Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM448
• Castlehill Windmill,Olrig Industrial: farming, food production SM4274
• Stone Lud, standing stone, recumbent stone and cairn 240m WSW of Ludstone Cottage Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM487
• Castletown Battery, battery 505m N of Tralorn 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13625