Lordship of Lovat, in the district of Clunes
See Macraes in the Districts of Clunes and Glenurquhart
The Macraes who settled in Kintail are said to have lived originally at Clunes, on the Lordship of Lovat, near the southern shore of the Beauly Firth, where the site on which stood the house of their chief is still pointed out. So far as the date to which these traditions refer can be fixed, this would be about the middle of the thirteenth century. The site of Macrae's house (Lorach tigh Mhicrath) is on the southern slope of the Hill of Clunes, and is marked by a number of large stones, which are supposed to have formed the foundation of the house. Tradition says that the house was originally built in the course of one night by supernatural agencies, and the place has always been regarded as a favorite haunt of the fairies.