Blairnamuick (Strathdon), Bldr nam muc, "field of the pigs."
If you look at a 1930 map you will see two roads down Glen Nochty from the split at the road to Auchernach. At that time both were equal importance. Prior to that, both roads were populated with occupied farms and houses. Now the east road is tarred and there are occupied houses on it. The west road, which crosses the bridge built by Nathaniel Forbes and goes down the west side of the Nochty, is now only a rough track and devoid of occupied houses or farms until you reach Lost farm. All that exists are ruins and ‘ghosts’ see entry on Belnaboddach
If you travel the road and turn the corner after going uphill from the bridge you come to a forestry plantation. Just inside the middle of the plantation are some ruins of a small settlement. This is all that remains of Blairnamuck, no longer marked on modern maps since 1850 but marked on Roy’s Military map of 1747
In 1851 it was still well populated according to the 1851 census:
Blarnamuck
John Stewart Head Mar 50 Farmer of 8 acres
Isobel do Wife Mar 30
Jane do Daur U 12 Scholar
John do Son 10 do
Charles do Son 7 do
Margaret do Daur 1
Joan Dewars Step Daur 4
59 Blarnamuck
Mary Anderson Head U 56 Ag Lab
Catharine Hay Daur U 24 Ag Lab
60 Blarnamuck
James Dow Head U 44 Ag Lab
James Dow Son 11 Scholar
61
Jane McHardy Head Mar 42 Farm Servant's Wife
Margaret do Daur 7 Scholar
Geo do Son 9 mo
62
Hellen Beattie Head U 66 Pauper (Ag Lab)
63 Blarnamuck
George McHardy Head Mar 45 Ag Lab
Susan do Wife Mar 47
Elizabeth do Daur 6 Scholar
At one time the property at Blairnamuck must have acted as a school because in the list of schools maintained by The Society in Scotland for propagating Christian knowledge in the year 1757 it is recorded
“Blairnamuck Strathdon 34 (Scholars)”
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