PLOCKTON, a burgh (of regality) and quoad sacra parish (for a time), in the parish of Lochalsh, and county of Ross-and-Cromarty, about 12 miles distant (N. W.) fromKintail; containing about 500 inhabitants. The village is advantageously situated on a peninsula upon the south side of Loch Carron, and is inhabited chiefly by persons engaged in the fisheries, which are carried on here to a very considerable extent. The fish caught are mostly cod, ling, skate, and herrings; and several sloops and a number of boats are regularly employed during the season in taking them: the harbour is safe and commodious, though rather difficult of access; and several vessels bringing supplies of coal from Glasgow and Liverpool land their cargoes at the quay. The road to Lochalsh passes through the village, affording facility of communication with the neighbouring places. Plockton was separated from the parish of Lochalsh, for ecclesiastical purposes, under act of the General Assembly in 1834, and the district was assigned to a church which had been erected by parliamentary grant in 1827. The church is a neat plain structure with ample accommodation: the minister, who is appointed by the Crown, has a stipendof £120, with a manse. The members of the Free Church have aplace of worship; and there are two schools, one of which is partly, and the other wholly, supported by the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge, together affording instruction to about 100 children.