Clan MacIain of Ardnamurchan

Clan MacIain of Ardnamurchan

Monthly Archive: December 2014

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All Entries / Photo of the Week

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...

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Ardnamurchan / Photo of the Week

‘Great Seas’

The name Ardnamurchan has been translated in various ways.  Angus Henderson in his ‘Ardnamurchan Place Names’ says that the derivation is entirely Gaelic, with the first two words easily translated into English: Aird is height...

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History of Ardnamurchan / Mingary Castle / Photo of the Week

Scaffolding has obscured the front of the main residential building in the courtyard of Mingary Castle for the last year, so it was an exciting moment, a milestone in the refurbishment of this historic...