Balintore (from the Scottish Gaelic: Baile an Todhair meaning "The Bleaching Town")[2] is a village near Tain in Easter Ross, Scotland.

The three villages were connected by a road in the first decade of the 20th century; Balintore has a post office and several shops.

[3] The original building was erected in 1958 as a memorial to local people killed in the two World Wars,[4] and was replaced in 2002.

[7][8] The Mermaid of the North sculpture, by Steve Hayward of Hilton, was placed in 2007 on Clach Dubh ('Black Rock') on the shore at Balintore.

After the original wood and resin sculpture was damaged in a 2012 storm, it was replaced in cast bronze in 2014.