6,000-Year Old Cairn Found
This site is less than a mile to the east of Mingary Castle, just beyond the lime kiln used to produce the mortar used to build its great walls. Found by Ricky Clark, a member of...
Author: Jon Haylett
The Stalking Season
Red deer have roamed the Highlands for tens of thousands of years, and would have been hunted by humans for almost as long. Today, stalking is big business, and the Ardnamurchan Estate, through its...
Quiet Beaches
October is often a beautiful month on Ardnamurchan, and this year’s didn’t disappoint – until a week ago, when a vicious gale drove in from the Atlantic and was followed by days of heavy...
St Comghan’s Church – Update
A recent visit to the ruins of St Comghan’s church, the church in which the MacIains would have worshipped, gave me a chance to check some of the features which are described in...
Standing Stone
The standing stone at Branault is one of two impressive othostats on Ardnamurchan, the other being at Camas nan Geall. It’s 2.2 metres high, and was one of a pair, the other standing about a...
An Intriguing Stone
This huge rock stands beside the road between Sanna and Kilchoan, in the shadow of the hill called Creag and Airgid, silver crag. Intriguingly, its whole top is covered with small pieces of stone which,...
Another MacIain Grave-slab?
We already knew of two fine grave-slabs in St Comghan’s churchyard in Kilchoan, both almost certainly of MacIain origin and possibly taken from the abbey at Iona. Now, members of Ardnamurchan Community Archaeology have...
Last Stronghold of the MacIains
It looks beautiful in the sunshine but it’s very different in winter! It was to this remote and rugged stretch of the north Ardnamurchan coastline that the remnants of Clan MacIain fled early in...
A Viking House?
This broken line of rocks in a Portuairk bay may look like no more than the remains of an old wall, but it’s of some considerable interest to the local Ardnamurchan Community Archaeological group. A...
Reidh-dhail
Reidh-dhail is an intriguing place. Lying to the west of Ormsaigbeg, miles from any human habitation, in summer it’s little more than a tangle of six-foot high bracken, but the plant’s presence is a sure sign...
