Past Populations
This picture was taken from the common grazings at the back of the crofting township of Ormsaigbeg, looking southwest towards a low hill called Maol Buidhe, with the Sound of Mull beyond. At this...
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Lochan Tom Mhic Iain
This picture was taken on Christmas Day from the summit of Meall an Tarmachain, ptarmigan hill, looking almost due east. The lochan is Lochan Tom Mhic Iain, and the small, lumpy hill to its...
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...
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....
