Muir of Ord is a village in Easter Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated near the western end of the Black Isle, about 9 miles west of the city of Inverness and 5+1⁄2 miles south of Dingwall. The village has a population of 2,840 and sits 35 metres above sea level. The Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Murchison was born in the village in 1792.