St Comghan’s from the Air
The wonders of modern technology have enabled a member of the Ardnamurchan Community Archaeology group to take some photographs and video of the MacIain’s church, St Comghan’s, from the air. Many thanks indeed to...
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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...
Problems at St Comghan’s
St Comghan’s, the 12th/13th century church at which the Clan MacIain used to worship – see history of the church here – is showing further signs of deterioration. Closed in 1831 when the new...
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...
Choire Mhuilinn
This picture looks westwards along the southern shore of Ardnamurchan towards Mingary Castle. The castle is still sheathed in scaffolding as work continues on its restoration, but this entry is less about the castle...
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,...
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...
