Miller offers his own experience as the natural explanation for the fisherman's vision, an optical effect of the aurora on the moor. The Grey Cairn also appears as the place where the miller of Resolis was found dead in another story in the same book. See the Maolbuie moor record.
Folklore & legend
The Phantom Ships on the Grey Cairn Moor
Grey Cairn moor, near Cromarty
Traditional; told by Miller in 1835
This site is private property or has no public access. Coordinates shown are rounded and no directions are offered.
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- No public access
- Location
- 57.681, -4.035 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Hugh Miller, Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland, Project Gutenberg [public-domain]
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