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Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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The Slate Islands : Easdale.
THE SLATE ISLANDS
By Walter Deas
Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old villages, megalithic cairns, Iron Age forts, standing stones and castles. One heads south on the Oban - Lochgilphead Road, leaving this road at Kilninver, eventually reaching the Clachan Bridge. It is well known as the Atlantic Bridge as it actually crosses the Atlantic, which flows, between Argyll and Seil Island.
The site was selected as early as 1787, and John Stevenson ...read more here
A memory of Easdale Island contributed by Walter Deas
Cnocaruan
The photograph shows our house in the foreground, originally built in 1890 and has a self-catering extension added on to make the most of the spectacular Falls of Lora. The photos I am looking for are of Connel Bridge under construction. If you do or know of a web page please email cnocaruan@aol.com
A memory of Connel Ferry contributed by gabriella mckenzie
The Whins, North Connel
My mum and dad took me to Scotland when I was a small boy in the 1960s. We stayed at The Whins in North Connel. Jessie the owner cooked all our meals, it was wonderful. She asked me to stay for the rest of the school holidays which I did, and every year I would go and stay with her to keep her company. She became another grandmother to me. I was so happy in Scoltland I got married in Oban in the year 2000. I visited Jessie on her 90th birthday. Then I went to visit and the house was empty and I was told by a neighbour she was in hospital in Oban. I went to see her and ...read more here
A memory of North Connel contributed by dave shann
Post Office Radio Station
The Maritime Radio service of the Post Office had medium wave radio stations at Wick (Caithness) and Port Patrick (Dumfries & Galloway). As the Minches were a very busy area for fishermen from Fleetwood and Milford Haven, it was decided to put a medium wave station in between and the initial site chosen was the airfield at North Connel. The first station was situated in a caravan. The staff were drafted from other stations around the UK Coast and a 24 hour watch was kept to enhance the safety of life at sea in the northwestern approaches. The staff were Donald Morrison (a Lewisman), Angus Stark, Andrew Brown, Sam Kennedy, Stan Hardman (the token Englishman), Bill Moffat and Bob Mason came ...read more here
A memory of North Connel contributed by Graham Allister
Extracts From Mull & Argyll books
This is the ancestral home of the chiefs of the Macleans. The Macleans paid the price for siding with James VII against William III, forfeiting castle and estates. Duart was then garrisoned until the end of the 18th century, when it was allowed to fall into ruin. Purchased back by Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Duart has been completely restored.
An extract from from"Scotland Photographic Memories".
Situated on a rocky site at the entrance to the Sound of Mull, the Maclean fortress of Duart dates from the 13th century with 16th- and 17th-century additions. The Macleans sided with Graham of Claverhouse when he raised the standard of James VII, and the clan held out against the forces of William and Mary until 1691. In 1715 they fought for the Stewart cause at Killicrankie and Sherrifmuir; their loyalty to the King Over The Water was punished by the Campbells. In 1745 they fought for Prince Charles Edward, though it has been said that the core of this army was made up of clans hoping more to settle old scores with Argyll and the Campbells than worry too much about restoring the house of Stewart. Following the ‘45, Duart was garrisoned by government troops, but was abandoned by the end of the 18th century and allowed to fall into ruin. It was eventually bought back by the Macleans and has been restored.
An extract from from"Scottish Castles".