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The Highlands

Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage & Museum

Humble abode of inspirational geologist, folklorist and fossil hunter with a Garden of Wonders.

Getting here

Hugh Miller’s Birthplace is in Cromarty, 22 miles north-east of Inverness.
Address Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Hugh Miller's Birthplace Cottage & Museum Church Street Cromarty Ross-shire IV11 8XA

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By public transport: take the plane, bus or train to Inverness. A bus from Inverness bus station to Cromarty leaves roughly once an hour.

By car or bicycle: take the A9 north from Inverness, across the Kessock Bridge. Turn right on the B9161 to Munlochy, then right on the A832 to Cromarty. In Cromarty, follow the road right around the park – Church Street is on the right.

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