Curses & omens

The Ravens at the Clach an t-Seasaidh

Muir of Ord, Ross-shire

Prophecy attributed to the 17th century; unfulfilled

Mackenzie lists this among the unfulfilled prophecies. Different families claim it. In Kintail he records that nine Macmillans would reach manhood and quarrel at Cnoc a Chlachain in Kilduich at the height of Macrae prosperity, after which the Macraes lose their hold, and he says the Macmillans' meeting had happened though none lived in Kintail in the Seer's day. In the 1880s the rowan on Fairburn Tower was said to be about as thick as a thumb.

I could not confirm from a source I have read whether any stone survives today, so the location is placed at the settlement.

Evidence
Long-standing local tradition
Access
Access unrecorded
Location
57.518, -4.458 (Sited to the village)

Sources: Alexander Mackenzie, The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (1877), Project Gutenberg [public-domain]

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