76-597: Fyrish is the name given to an ancient area of land found just north of Evanton , Ross-shire , Scotland . The lands of Fyrish are now part of the Novar Estate . However Fyrish were once lands which belonged to the Earl of Ross , which were forfeited to the crown in 1475. The lands of Fyrish were later granted to Sir William Keith of Delny by King James VI in 1587. Fyrish was then divided into four parts, with Keith retaining one quarter. The eastern quarter of Fyrish
152-512: A "commuting settlement", because most of the inhabitants work in other areas of Easter Ross and the greater Inverness area. The current town was founded in the early 19th century by Alexander Fraser of Inchcoulter/Balconie who named it after his son Evan , but the core of the village buildings date from the Victorian era. Evanton has several tourist attractions, including the Fyrish monument ,
228-667: A community council http://www.kiltearncc.co.uk/ The modern village is on average a little younger than the Highland region in general. The population of Evanton varies depending on how it is calculated. The Evanton "Settlement Zone" is different from the Evanton "Settlement", and the former is of course larger. There are 671 households and 1678 inhabitants in total in the Evanton-zone. Evanton-settlement on its own however has only 1105 inhabitants. The population in both cases though
304-458: A dedication to St Ternan. The church lay next to the lordly residence of Balconie. By the later Middle Ages , Balconie was one of the five lordships of Ross, as well as an individual seat of the Earls of Ross. Place-name evidence suggests that the site may once have been a Pictish residence. A charter granted by Aodh, Earl of Ross in 1281 records the name Petkenny , but a charter of 1333 refers to
380-526: A good relationship with the Bamburgh family. Malcolm may have had specific political motives. For instance, it has been suggested that he may have been trying to advance the position of Gospatric , his possible cousin, at the expense of the ruling Eadwulfing family. It has also been suggested that the raid may have been part of a dispute about the status of Strathclyde . A tradition in the thirteenth-century Orkneyinga saga related that Malcolm married
456-542: A good sized park at Teandallon. In recent years a local group of parents and young people has worked with Highland Council and various funding bodies to install a multisport area, a BMX track and a Half-Pipe ramp, a new playpark for toddlers was added in 2007 by EYE. In 2008 Highland Council upgraded the original park which was installed in the 1970s. Malcolm III of Scotland Malcolm III ( Middle Irish : Máel Coluim mac Donnchada ; Scottish Gaelic : Maol Chaluim mac Dhonnchaidh ; c. 1031 –13 November 1093)
532-489: A hat, a backpack and boots, he was spotted and reported by a local resident. He was sentenced two months later at Dingwall Sheriff Court . His arrest at Evanton meant that he still had 100 miles (160 km) to go to complete his journey. He completed his journey in January 2004 and repeated the feat in 2006. Evanton was the venue for the premier of the 1st tour of the new Scottish National Theatre in 2006. Unable to find
608-648: A large Danegeld , Malcolm took his army home. Against the backdrop of William's scorched earth policy against the northern English rebels , William sent Gospatric to raid Scotland through Cumbria as a further act of reprisal. In return, the Scots fleet raided the Northumbrian coast where Gospatric's possessions were concentrated. Late in the year, perhaps shipwrecked on their way to a European exile, Edgar and his family again arrived in Scotland, this time to remain. By
684-552: A late attempt to deepen the Scottish royal family's links to the earldom of Northampton (of which Siward was regarded as founder). Later tradition, attested by the fifteenth century, makes Malcolm's mother the daughter of the miller of Forteviot and presents Malcolm as a bastard. Duncan's reign ended violently, he was killed in battle in Moray on 15 August 1040, by a force under the command of Macbeth . Duncan may have been young at
760-518: A location called Balkenny . The development of the name Pitlochry , where Pictish Pit- is replaced by Gaelic Baile , suggests the names are the same, but the great early twentieth century toponymist William J. Watson was doubtful. In Kiltearn there had been a settlement, an old ferm toun known as Drummond ( Drumainn ), near the location of Evanton, and several lordly residences, such as Foulis, Novar and Balconie Castle. In 1806 Alexander Fraser, who had made his money through slave plantations in
836-510: A neighbour soon after taking power, and the Lindisfarne raid may have been used to boost the stability of the new regime. Since the invasion affected directly only the territory of the rulers of Bamburgh , it is unlikely to have particularly bothered either King Edward or the ealdorman of Northumbria in York, Tostig Godwinson , who at that time on pilgrimage to Rome and who did not enjoy
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#1732781191518912-401: A result, Malcolm's remains were also disinterred and buried next to Margaret beside the altar. The remains of Margaret and her husband were removed from Dunfermline by Abbot George Durie to safeguard them from the attacks of protestant reformers; initially they went to the rural estate at Craigluscar then abroad, and by 1580 they were enshrined at the instigation of king Philip II of Spain in
988-684: A son of Owain Foel , British king of Strathclyde perhaps by a daughter of Malcolm II , King of Scotland. In 1057, various chroniclers report the death of Macbeth at Malcolm's hand, on 15 August 1057 at Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire . Macbeth was succeeded by his stepson Lulach , who was crowned at Scone , probably on 8 September 1057. Lulach was killed by Malcolm, "by treachery", near Huntly on 23 April 1058. After this, Malcolm became king, perhaps being inaugurated on 25 April 1058, although only John of Fordun reports this. If Orderic Vitalis
1064-786: A suitable location in Inverness, the National Theatre chose to present "Home" at the studio of Arts in Motion, on the Evanton Industrial Estate. Evanton has a number of public facilities including the Diamond Jubilee Hall, Chapel Road, building work started in December 1897, Major Randle Jackson of Swordale House gave 50% of the building costs and the people of Evanton (Parish of Kiltearn) raised
1140-595: A very ancient Gaelic church near Evanton, like all Cille place-names, founded before 800. The current Gaelic name Cill Tighearna ("Church of the Lord") is probably a corruption of an older form, both because the name formation is unusual in being dedicated to the Lord Himself, and because the form given in 1227 is Kiltierny , suggesting some kind of connection to Tigernach in Ireland. Other suggestions have included
1216-414: Is Alness . The A9 , the road connecting Edinburgh with Inverness and the far north, once ran through Evanton, on the path of Balconie Street. However, a bypass was created as part of a general scheme to shorten the journey between Inverness to Invergordon. This reduced the amount of traffic going through the village, but decreased the revenue available to local businesses. The road also cut through much of
1292-583: Is a few hundred metres in length and reaches 36 metres (120 ft) in depth. In April 2004, ten days of filming took place in the area for the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the Gorge is the setting for the scene where Harry is chased by a dragon. The River Sgitheach, sometimes written as Skiack or Skiach, is not as large a river as the Allt Graad and can run low in the summer. It flows from
1368-753: Is a small village in Easter Ross , in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies between the River Sgitheach and the Allt Graad , is 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of Inverness , some 6.5 km (4.0 mi) south-west of Alness , and 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Dingwall . The village has a dozen or so streets, the main one being Balconie Street (on the B817 Road). It has been described by analysts at The Highland Council as
1444-411: Is growing steadily, and the 1990s saw a moderate increase of 8.12% for the zone, rising from 1552 to 1678; and 10.72% for the settlement on its own, rising from 998 to 1105. Over two-thirds of the houses in the zone are owner-occupied. Roughly 16.4% or 275 people who live in Evanton-zone were born outside Scotland, almost always coming from England. Evanton is more or less enclosed to the northeast and
1520-641: Is no evidence for the existence of this family until the fourteenth century. Evanton is in close proximity to the site of Balconie Castle , an old seat of the Mormaers and Earls of Ross . By the early modern period, the area was dominated by the Munros of Foulis ( Foghlais ), who had their Foulis Castle just a few kilometres away. Indeed, the latter began to bury their family at Kiltearn after 1588. The Cille place-name in Kiltearn tells us that there had been
1596-446: Is owned and managed by the local community. Evanton lies within the ancient parish of Kiltearn ( Gd: Cill Tighearna ), within the medieval lands known as Ferindonald ( Fearann Dhòmhnaill ) in the heart of the old "Earldom" of Ross . Traditionally, Ferindonald is supposed to be derived from a grant of King Máel Coluim III to Donald Munro of Foulis ( Domhnall mac an Rothaich ), the legendary progenitor of Clan Munro . However, there
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#17327811915181672-542: Is to be relied upon, in the time of Edward the Confessor Malcolm was betrothed to the English king's kinswoman Margaret , and it is possible this happened when he visited England in 1059. If a marriage agreement was made in 1059, it did not stop the Scots plundering Lindisfarne in 1061. It was common practice in medieval Gaelic-speaking societies for kings to launch an invasion, the so-called crech ríg , of
1748-501: Is unlikely that Malcolm controlled Cumbria, and the dispute instead concerned the estates granted to Malcolm by William Rufus's father in 1072 for his maintenance when visiting England. Malcolm sent messengers to discuss the question and William Rufus agreed to a meeting. Malcolm travelled south to Gloucester , stopping at Wilton Abbey to visit his daughter Edith and sister-in-law Cristina. Malcolm arrived there on 24 August 1093 to find that William Rufus refused to negotiate, insisting that
1824-634: The Battle of Alnwick . Edward was mortally wounded in the same fight. Margaret, it is said, died soon after receiving the news of their deaths from Edgar. The Annals of Ulster say: Mael Coluim son of Donnchad, over-king of Scotland, and Edward his son, were killed by the French [i.e. Normans] in Inber Alda in England. His queen, Margaret, moreover, died of sorrow for him within nine days. Malcolm's body
1900-616: The Black Rock Gorge and the ruined church of Kiltearn lying near the River Sgitheach as it flows into the Cromarty Firth , as well as other miscellaneous natural, historical and archaeological attractions in the surrounding area. There are two churches, one Church of Scotland and one Free Church of Scotland . There is one primary school, but the nearest high schools are in Dingwall and Alness . The local woodland
1976-535: The First World War , Evanton had taken much of its current physical shape, and at this point in time contained businesses as diverse as a tobacconist and a bicycle shop, both of which have subsequently disappeared. In the 20th century, the village enjoyed a variety of fortunes. The distillery closed in 1926 (see below) and one of the most important historical locations in Easter Ross, Balconie Castle,
2052-854: The Liberal Democrats is the current Member of Parliament (MP). For the Scottish Parliament residents in Evanton elect MSP 's for the Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency) . Prior to Brexit in 2020, residents in Evanton voted to elected MEP 's for the Scotland constituency in the European Parliament . For Local Government purposes, it belongs to Highland Council Area . The village falls within Kiltearn Parish which has
2128-592: The New Castle had been built by Robert Curthose in 1080. This appears to have been an attempt to advance the frontier south from the River Tweed to the River Tees . The threat was enough to bring the English king back from Normandy , where he had been fighting Robert Curthose. In September, learning of William Rufus's approaching army, Malcolm withdrew north and the English followed. Unlike in 1072, Malcolm
2204-532: The 12th century. Malcolm's kingdom did not extend over the full territory of modern Scotland : many of the islands and the land north of the River Oykel were Scandinavian , and south of the Firth of Forth there were numerous independent or semi-independent realms, including the kingdom of Strathclyde and Bamburgh , and it is not certain what if any power the Scots exerted there on Malcolm's accession. Over
2280-460: The 1840s. There was a riot in the village in 1846, because the authorities continued to export grain despite the failure of the previous year's potato crop; similar riots occurred in Rosemarkie , Balintraid and Avoch . In 1847, there was near starvation in the village, and the villagers managed to maintain themselves on turnips . However, the village population recovered; by the beginnings of
2356-541: The Confessor's nephew Edward the Exile , and her children: Edgar Ætheling and his sisters Margaret and Cristina . They were accompanied by Gospatric, by this time earl of Bamburgh . The exiles were disappointed, however, if they had expected immediate assistance from the Scots. In 1069, the exiles returned to England, to join a spreading revolt in the north. Even though Gospatric and Siward's son Waltheof submitted by
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2432-541: The Cromarty Firth. Other locally significant industries include forestry , tourism and catering. A significant number of people work in larger nearby localities, such as Inverness , Dingwall, Alness and Invergordon, which is why only 14% of households in the zone own no car. 10.4% of the population of the zone are self-employed, and 28% economically inactive, roughly corresponding with the Highland averages. There are also two hotels and two bars, which soak up much of
2508-527: The Isles; and Malcolm was sent to England; based on Fordun's account, it came to be assumed that Malcolm passed most of Macbeth's seventeen-year reign in the Kingdom of England at the court of Edward the Confessor . It is also possible that Malcolm went into exile at the court of Thorfinn Sigurdsson , Earl of Orkney , an enemy of Macbeth's family. Ireland and Strathclyde may be other candidates, but neither
2584-573: The Munro estate of Novar was also one quarter of land in Fyrish acquired from Keith of Delny in 1589. The other quarter of Fyrish was also acquired from Keith of Delny by Hugh Munro, son of John Munro of Balconie in 1589. These lands at first were just the lower quarter of Fyrish but eventually extended eastward towards the River Alness . These lands the Munros called Teaninich and Teaninich Castle
2660-496: The Soviet Union. Of the 516 balloons launched from the five bases, 103 were launched from Evanton, of which 60 were successful, and 43 failed soon after launch, or went astray. The base closed in the 1970's. However, the subsequent oil boom caused radical expansion of the village. It has been growing steadily ever since. Evanton is in the parliamentary constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross , Jamie Stone of
2736-520: The West Indies, paid (through his wife's uncle Evan Baillie) £4500 for an instalment on the purchase of the Inchcoulter estate (a.k.a. Balconie). Having bought the estate Alexander Fraser put in place the grid formation of the new village (adjacent to the old village of Drummond), which he named Evanton after his son Evan Baillie Fraser (who had been named after his great uncle). He further named
2812-521: The course of his reign Malcolm III led at least five invasions into English territory . One of Malcolm's primary achievements was to secure the position of the lineage that ruled Scotland until the late thirteenth century, although his role as founder of a dynasty has more to do with the propaganda of his descendants than with history. He appears as a major character in William Shakespeare 's Macbeth , while his second wife, Margaret ,
2888-550: The dispute be judged by the English barons. This Malcolm refused to accept and returned immediately to Scotland. It does not appear that William Rufus intended to provoke a war, but, as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports, war came: For this reason therefore they parted with great dissatisfaction, and King Malcolm returned to Scotland. And soon after he came home, he gathered his army, and came harrowing into England with more hostility than behoved him ... Malcolm
2964-555: The earldom and the killing of Bishop Walcher at Gateshead . In 1080, William sent his son Robert Curthose north with an army while his brother Odo punished the Northumbrians. Malcolm again made peace, and this time kept it for over a decade. Malcolm faced little recorded internal opposition, with the exception of Lulach's son Máel Snechtai . In an unusual entry, for the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle contains little on Scotland, it says that in 1078: Malcholom [Máel Coluim] seized
3040-523: The effects of the U.S. Prohibition law, which damaged the income of all Scottish distilleries, proved too much for Glen Skiack, and the operation was forced to close in 1926. The building itself was demolished in 1933. In 1860, the Highland Railway decided to construct a railway line going from Inverness through Easter Ross. The line was completed by 1862, and the following year, on 23 May 1863, Evanton gained its own railway station . However,
3116-487: The elected king, Edgar Ætheling — was unlikely to be missed in England, where William of Normandy's grasp on power was far from secure. Whether the adoption of the classical Alexander for the future Alexander I of Scotland (either for Pope Alexander II or for Alexander the Great ) and the biblical David for the future David I of Scotland represented a recognition that William of Normandy would not be easily removed, or
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3192-541: The end of 1070, Malcolm had married Edgar's sister Margaret (later known as Saint Margaret). The naming of their children represented a break with the traditional Scots regal names such as Malcolm, Cináed and Áed. The point of naming Margaret's sons — Edward after her father Edward the Exile , Edmund for her grandfather Edmund Ironside , Ethelred for her great-grandfather Ethelred the Unready and Edgar for her great-great-grandfather Edgar and her brother, briefly
3268-580: The end of the year, the arrival of a Danish army under Sweyn Estridsson seemed to ensure that William's position remained weak. Malcolm decided on war and took his army south into Cumbria and across the Pennines , wasting Teesdale and Cleveland then marching north, loaded with loot, to Wearmouth , now part of the City of Sunderland . There Malcolm met Edgar and his family, who were invited to return with him but did not. As Sweyn had by now been bought off with
3344-465: The farmland of the zone, distorting the shape of the fields. This was compounded by the closure of the filling station in the village. For those who do not have cars, the only means of transport is either by foot or by the No. 25 bus service operated by Stagecoach . Recently, the express service running from Inverness to Dornoch began to stop in Evanton. Now residents can travel from and to Inverness without
3420-622: The grass gang; by 1836 85 slaves remained. • Livera/Levera: In 1835 there were 94 slaves in Levera (sic), Grenada. Alexander Fraser unsuccessfully claimed compensation for both Levera and Camden Estates upon emancipation – most of the money going instead to his wife’s Baillie cousins. • Hermitage: Alexander Fraser managed this plantation for the Baillies who had bought it in 1765. In 1836 there were 149 slaves in Hermitage, Grenada. To this day, in
3496-533: The initial parallel streets – one after his estate (Balconie), and 3 after plantations with which he had close connections, namely Camden, Livera and Hermitage: • Camden: In 1813, Alexander Fraser and John Stewart, both of Crossing Square London, had purchased the Camden estate in Trinidad from the failed Boldero banking concern. There were 210 slaves in 1813 – including a creole boy Davy Campbell, aged 7, who worked in
3572-490: The long diversion through Dingwall, making it easier to work in the city of Inverness without personal transport. In 1845, the local minister wrote that "the language generally spoken is an impure form of Gaelic, but it is rapidly losing ground" and that "in Evanton, both English and Gaelic are spoken indifferently". The minister wrote that the people, especially the children, learned English with ease after they had learned to write Gaelic. The minister also gave some reasons why
3648-595: The mother of Mælslæhtan [Máel Snechtai] ... and all his treasures, and his cattle; and he himself escaped with difficulty. Whatever provoked this strife, Máel Snechtai survived until 1085. When William Rufus became king of England after his father's death, Malcolm did not intervene in the rebellions by supporters of William's elder brother Robert Curthose which followed. In 1091, William Rufus confiscated Edgar Ætheling's lands in England, and Edgar fled north to Scotland. In May, Malcolm marched south, not to raid and take slaves and plunder, but to besiege Newcastle , where
3724-414: The mountains of inland Ross and is complemented by numerous other streams until it passes several waterfalls before flowing past the southern end of the village, and the northern end of the old settlement of Drummond, into the Cromarty Firth about 1 km from the mouth of the Allt Graad. A significant but small percentage of people have employment in the oil industry owing to the proximity of oil rigs on
3800-638: The nearby Home Fleet base of Invergordon . The largest aircraft to have landed there was a USAAF B17 . On Empire Day , 1939, RAF bases all over the United Kingdom were opened to the public, and the Evanton Aerodrome was the most northerly location to participate, attracting 9,000 visitors. In 1956, the airfield served as one of the launch bases of the GENETRIX program, to send stratospheric balloons carrying high resolution cameras over
3876-439: The people were keen to learn English, telling us that "English being the language universally spoken by the higher classes, the mass of the people attach a notion of superior refinement to the possession of it". Half a century previously, Harry Robertson had praised the spirit of one watchmaker in the region, but added "it is a pity that he can hardly read nor write, and hardly speaks English". Today, one can see Gaelic written on
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#17327811915183952-597: The place of exile nor in fact exile itself, are certainties. An English invasion in 1054, with Siward, Earl of Northumbria in command, had as its goal the installation of one " Máel Coluim, son of the king of the Cumbrians ". This Máel Coluim was traditionally identified with the later Malcolm III. The interpretation derives from the Chronicle attributed to John of Fordun, as well as from earlier sources such as William of Malmesbury . The latter reported that Macbeth
4028-571: The purpose of fabricating common descent. The obituary of a certain Domnall, another son of Malcolm, is reported in 1085; since Domnall has no recorded mother, he may also have been born to Ingibiorg or else to some other unrecorded woman. If historical, Malcolm's marriage to Ingibiorg would have helped create a favourable political position in the north and west. The Heimskringla tells that her father Finn had been an adviser to Harald Hardrada , king of Norway , and, after falling out with Harald,
4104-477: The rest. The hall opened on 5 November 1898 with a grand concert over 500 people from the village attending. Diamond Jubilee Hall transferred from The Highland Council to the community in September 2011. Evanton Sports Centre (opposite Kiltearn Primary School) is the other public facility in the village that caters for various sporting activities such as badminton, basketball, football and tennis. Evanton also has
4180-553: The southwest by two rivers, the Allt Graad and the River Sgitheach . The Allt Graad, sometimes called the River Glass, is a river that flows from Loch Glass, near Ben Wyvis , for 9 km (5½ miles) until it passes the northern end of the village, and empties into the Cromarty Firth. However, approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) before it reaches the Cromarty Firth, it passes through the Black Rock Gorge. The latter
4256-474: The station was called Novar, and was not renamed "Evanton" until 1937. Sadly for the local economy, the station was closed in June 1960. The platforms remain there to this day, but the signal posts have been destroyed. The Inverness to Thurso railway line, known today as " Far North Line ", still passes by the seaward side of the town, and the trains can still be heard from a great distance. The nearest train station
4332-401: The time of his death, and Malcolm and his brother Donald were probably children. Malcolm's paternal grandfather was killed in battle in 1045, possibly as part of some continuing conflict with Macbeth. According to later tradition, Duncan's two young sons were sent away for greater safety — exactly where is the subject of debate. According to one version, Malcolm's brother Donald was sent to
4408-422: The tourist income that the town generates. There had been a distillery in the Evanton area of the Kiltearn parish as early as the 18th century, its existence being reported by Harry Robertson, the author of the late eighteenth century Kiltearn section of the late eighteenth century 1st Statistical Account. The Glen Skiack distillery opened in 1896 and only ever produced a relatively small amount of Whisky. However,
4484-529: The town, and engage in evening-long sessions. Many prominent musicians on the Celtic music scene have visited, including Eilidh Steel and Dougie MacLean . The international charity, Blythswood Care has its headquarters in the town. The "naked rambler" Stephen Gough was reported and arrested at Evanton in November 2003. He was engaged in a naked trek through Britain. While walking through Evanton wearing only
4560-477: The walls of the parish church, but the language has effectively died out, and English is totally dominant. Nevertheless, there are still some 72 residents (4.3%) of the village who know the language. The village is also a big location on the Highland folk-circuit, and enjoys a vibrant musical culture in the Gaelic tradition. It is a regular practice for local musicians to meet in one of the licensed establishments in
4636-455: The widow of Thorfinn Sigurdsson, Ingibiorg , a daughter of Finn Arnesson . Ingibiorg may have died prior to Malcolm's marriage with Margaret. Malcolm may also have discarded Ingibiorg when the opportunity to marry a higher status lady arose in 1068. The Orkneyinga Saga also claims that Duncan (Donnchad mac Maíl Coluim), later king, was a product of this union. Some Medieval commentators, following William of Malmesbury , claimed that Duncan
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#17327811915184712-414: The words of one historian, Evanton "remains today an attractive example of a well planned, regularly laid out estate village". The Reverend Thomas Munro expressed similar sentiments in the 1840s, when he wrote that "the village was built on a waste of land, and differs from all others in the country by its regular and neat appearance". The village suffered from the severe famine that plagued the Highlands in
4788-420: The words of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , "became his man" and handed over his eldest son Duncan as a hostage and arranged peace between William and Edgar. Accepting the overlordship of the king of the English was no novelty, as previous kings had done so without result. The same was true of Malcolm; his agreement with the English king was followed by further raids into Northumbria, which led to further trouble in
4864-439: The year of Malcolm's death. Malcolm gave sanctuary to Tostig Godwinson when the Northumbrians drove him out in 1065 and appears to have offered indirect support to the ill-fated invasion of England by Harald Hardrada and Tostig in 1066, which ended in defeat and death at the battle of Stamford Bridge . In 1068, he granted asylum to a group of English exiles fleeing from William of Normandy , among them Agatha , widow of Edward
4940-510: Was King of Alba from 1058 to 1093. He was later nicknamed " Canmore " (Scottish Gaelic: ceann mòr , lit. ' big head ' ", understood as "great chief"). Malcolm's long reign of 35 years preceded the beginning of the Scoto-Norman age. Henry I of England and Eustace III, Count of Boulogne were his sons-in-law, making him the maternal grandfather of Empress Matilda , William Adelin and Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne . All three of them were prominent in English politics during
5016-467: Was accompanied by Edward, his eldest son by Margaret and probable heir-designate (or tánaiste), and by Edgar. Even by the standards of the time, the ravaging of Northumbria by the Scots was seen as harsh. While marching north again, Malcolm was ambushed by Robert de Mowbray , Earl of Northumbria , whose lands he had devastated, near Alnwick on 13 November 1093. There he was killed by Arkil Morel, steward of Bamburgh Castle . The conflict became known as
5092-415: Was bought by the Munros in 1660. The Fyrish Monument was built in 1782 by Hector Munro of Novar. 57°41′25″N 4°19′4″W / 57.69028°N 4.31778°W / 57.69028; -4.31778 This Highland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Evanton Evanton ( Scottish Gaelic : Baile Eòghainn or Scottish Gaelic : Am Baile Ùr )
5168-425: Was canonised as a saint in the thirteenth century. Malcolm's father Duncan I became king in late 1034, on the death of Malcolm II , Duncan's maternal grandfather and Malcolm's great-grandfather. One Scottish king-list gives Malcolm's mother the name Suthen (Suthain), a Gaelic name; John of Fordun states that Malcolm's mother was a "blood relative" ( consanguinea ) of the Danish earl Siward , though this may be
5244-399: Was demolished in 1965. It had been an old seat of the Earls of Ross, but by the 1960s the owner could not afford to repair the dry rot. There was a RAF airfield constructed near Evanton in 1922, on Alness Bay. It was first known as the "Novar Base", because of its location on the Novar Estates, then later as HMS Fieldfare . It was serviced from Leuchars , and was used by the aircraft from
5320-426: Was due to the repetition of Anglo-Saxon royal names — another Edmund had preceded Edgar — is not known. Margaret also gave Malcolm two daughters, Edith , who married Henry I of England , and Mary , who married Eustace III of Boulogne . In 1072, with the Harrying of the North completed and his position again secure, William of Normandy came north with an army and a fleet. Malcolm met William at Abernethy and, in
5396-400: Was given to a nephew of Robert Mor Munro . His grandson John Munro built a house at Fyrish. A lintel stone dated 1672 survives. When he died his brother David Munro took over as manager of the estate and sold it to George Munro of Culrain in 1704. The eastern part of Fyrish later passed from the Munro of Culrain family to the Munro of Novar family during the 18th century. The original lands of
5472-540: Was illegitimate, but this claim is propaganda reflecting the need of Malcolm's descendants by Margaret to undermine the claims of Duncan's descendants, the MacWilliams . Similarly, however, the importance of the MacWilliams to the earls of Orkney around 1200 would have provided an incentive to strengthen the historical ties between the two families, and thus Ingibiorg's marriage to Malcolm may have been created for
5548-572: Was killed in the battle by Siward, but it is known that Macbeth outlived Siward by two years. A.A.M. Duncan argued in 2002 that, using the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry as their source, later writers innocently misidentified "Máel Coluim" with the later Scottish king of the same name. Duncan's argument has been supported by several subsequent historians specialising in the era, such as Richard Oram , Dauvit Broun and Alex Woolf. It has also been suggested that Máel Coluim may have been
5624-412: Was prepared to fight, but a peace was arranged by Edgar Ætheling and Robert Curthose whereby Malcolm again acknowledged the overlordship of the English king. In 1092, the peace began to break down. Based on the idea that the Scots controlled much of modern Cumbria , it had been supposed that William Rufus's new castle at Carlisle and his settlement of English peasants in the surrounds was the cause. It
5700-478: Was taken to Tynemouth Priory for burial. The king's body was sent north for reburial, in the reign of his son Alexander , at Dunfermline Abbey , or possibly Iona . On 19 June 1250, following the canonisation of Malcolm's wife Margaret by Pope Innocent IV , Margaret's remains were disinterred and placed in a reliquary . It was claimed that as the reliquary was carried to the high altar of Dunfermline Abbey , past Malcolm's grave, it became too heavy to move. As
5776-496: Was then made an Earl by Sweyn Estridsson , king of Denmark , which may have been another recommendation for the match. Malcolm appears to have enjoyed a peaceful relationship with the Earldom of Orkney , ruled jointly by his possible stepsons, Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson . The Orkneyinga Saga reports strife with Norway but this may be misplaced as it associates this with Magnus Barefoot , who became king of Norway only in 1093,
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