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.

There are a number of towns near to Murkle including Fort William.

Don't miss Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis)'s mountains if visiting the area around Murkle.

There are a several good lakes in the area around Murkle like Loch Linnhe.

Murkle History

There are some historic monuments around Murkle:

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