BALIXTORE, a village, in the parish of Fearn,
county of Ross and Cromarty, ^i miles (E. by S.)
from Fearn; containing 313 inhabitants. This is a fishing-
village, situated on the coast of the Moray Firth,
which has here a flat and generally sandy shore. On
the south is the ferry of Cromarty, distant about four
miles.