{"id":585,"date":"2014-11-30T16:48:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T16:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/?p=585"},"modified":"2014-11-30T18:29:39","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T18:29:39","slug":"585","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clanmaciain.com\/maciain\/585\/","title":{"rendered":"Choire Mhuilinn"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Choire<\/a>

Mingary\u00a0Castle with the remains of Choire Mhuilinn in the foreground<\/p><\/div>\n

This picture looks westwards along the southern shore of Ardnamurchan towards Mingary Castle. \u00a0The castle is still sheathed in scaffolding as work continues on its restoration, but this entry is less about the castle than the odd piles of stone that can be seen in the foreground of the photograph. \u00a0They are the remains of a small settlement, hundreds of years old, which, along with about twenty-five others, was once settled by members of Clan MacIain. \u00a0The name of this particular clachan is Choire Mhuilinn, choire meaning corrie in the sense of a hollow or depression in the land, and mhuilinn meaning mill. \u00a0Choire Mhuilinn was cleared of its inhabitants in 1828 to make way for an extensive\u00a0farm which would be based at Mingary. \u00a0Many of its people\u00a0left the area, while the others were scattered between those townships which were not being cleared\u00a0but\u00a0reorganised into croft holdings.<\/p>\n

This picture was taken the other day in clear November sunshine. \u00a0Walking amongst the stones was very moving, as they were the remains of people’s lives, their homes, their byres and field walls, their fields, their vegetable gardens and their children’s playgrounds. \u00a0And, standing beside the houses, one had to envy the view their owners\u00a0had from their front doors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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