BONAR, a village, in the parish of Criech, county
of Sutherland, 12 miles (W.) from Dornoch; containing
247 inhabitants. It is prettily seated on the northern
shore of Dornoch Firth, at the junction of the Assynt,
Reay, Caithness, and Ross-shire roads. Bonar has latterly
rapidly increased from a small hamlet to a goodsized
village, owing to the erection of a bridge, by which
it has become the chief entrance into the county from
the opposite shore; and it is likely to be the nucleus of
a future town of considerable extent and importance.
The bridge, called Bonah Bridge, is of one iron and
two stone arches, and was built in 1812, by the landowners
of the county, at a cost of about £14,000. Some
trade is carried on with this village and neighbourhood
by means of small vessels, for which there is a sufficient
depth of water; and markets for the sale of cattle are
held in July, August, and September.
BO'NESS. See Borrowstounness.