| In the central part of the Kirkmichael graveyard stands a small simple stone in memory of Jane Duncan, Author. In her day, Jane Duncan (Elizabeth Jane Cameron ) was a best-selling writer, the most popular of her publications being her “My Friend” series of books, although she also wrote complementary books for children. Her childhood holidays were spent with her grandparents and her much loved “Uncle George” on the family croft above Jemimaville in the Black Isle, looking across Udale Bay to Kirkmichael. The croft, which lies just within the parish of Cromarty, is known as “the Colony” although in her books she called it “Reachfar.” After many years spent in the West Indies she returned, a widow and already a best-selling author, to Jemimaville (“the Colony” by now had been sold) and wrote most of her published work there. | | |
