Orchids Grow Wild
At this time of year, Ardnamurchan’s croft fields and even the higher, more barren lands above them start to see the first of the summer’s orchids. Often thought of as an exotic plant of...
Author: Jon Haylett
An Ardnamurchan Village
Most of Ardnamurchan’s little villages are scattered around its coasts, and many have a very long history. The one in this picture, Ormsaigbeg, tells some of its story through its name. Ormr is snake...
Mingary Castle under Scaffold
This picture of Mingary Castle, the seat of the MacIains for three centuries and finally abandoned in 1838, shows it today, with restoration work well under way. Many people didn’t believe the scaffolding would...
Photo of the Week
This picture was taken from one of West Ardnamurchan’s abandoned villages, Plocaig, and looks northeastwards to a headland called Carraig, a Gaelic word which, in this context, probably means headland or cliff. In the...
The MacIain Shop
ADELPHI DISTILLERY, Ardnamurchan Founded in 1826, the Adelphi Distillery is now Scotland’s most acclaimed independent bottler of single casks of rare malt whisky. In 1993, The great-grandson of Archibald Walker, Jamie, revived the Adelphi...
The Battle of Creag an Airgid
The hill called Creag an Airgid, Silver Hill, on the road between Kilchoan and Sanna, was the site of a battle in 1518 which saw the beginning of the end of the power...
Visiting Ardnamurchan
The Ardnamurchan Tourist Association’s website at http://www.ardnamurchan.com provides all the information you will need for an enjoyable visit to the peninsula and surrounding areas. The site provides information on where to stay, places to visit, eating out, and...
The MacIains’ Church
St Comghan’s church is the church in which the MacIains would have worshipped throughout the three hundred years during which Ardnamurchan was their homeland. Today it is a ruin standing on a low hill...
Saving Mingary Castle
The castle which is so closely associated with Clan MacIain was described in 2013 by an eminent archaeologist as “The most intact thirteenth century castle in Scotland”. Yet Mingary’s present importance to Scottish archaeology and...
Ardnamurchan’s Last MacIains
It would be good to be able to trace the fate of those MacIains who may have stayed on Ardnamurchan after the Campbells finally took full possession of the peninsula, but this is difficult....
