Come along to a celebration of poet (and Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Gaelic tutor) Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, who lived in Coiremhuillin in the 1740s. The all-day event takes place on Friday 2nd June and includes a walk to Coiremhuillin and … Continued

The Real Wild West- Adopt-a-Monument: Ardnamurchan programme is offering fully-funded training to residents, businesses and organisations in West Ardnamurchan. The courses are listed below. Business / employability training IOSH Working Safely (Course description here.) Date: Thursday 4th May Emergency First Aid at … Continued

Following the official launch of The Achnaha Blackhouse Restoration Project back in late January, the Archaeology Scotland team are delighted to announce that work on the site is about to begin!  Part of the Adopt-a-Monument: Ardnamurchan programme, the project will … Continued

The sites have been backfilled, the finds logged and recorded, the trowels and buckets cleaned, and the stunning and atmospheric Camas nan Geall has been left as it was found, just before we all started on our archaeological adventure in … Continued

Thank you for your continued support, and special thanks to all of our fantastic volunteers. We look forward to working with you next year! Take a look at a wee video that covers some of the work achieved this year.

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We are organising the first working party on the Coble from 11am on Sunday 31st October. She is now in the packing shed at the Fascadale Ice House, so we are able to work on her under cover whatever the … Continued

Although the Adopt-a-Monument project is led by some very experienced archaeologists, one resource we really couldn’t do without is our committed and hard-working volunteers, who give their time and energy to the project, and we are immensely grateful for it. … Continued

The dust and a bit of good old West Coast drizzle has settled on the stunning and evocative amphitheatre of Camas nan Geall. The 10 days of excavations and surveying have attracted great support from a wide range of volunteers. … Continued

The archaeological activity at Camas nan Geall has got off to a fabulous start with lots of keen volunteers turning up to help out with this fascinating and important work. The general plan is to do a quick landscape characterisation … Continued

The salmon coble at the Fascadale Ice House made another short journey over the weekend ….. to its home in the packing shed! It was a long, slow process dragging it backwards inch by inch and was beset by several … Continued

Join us in investigating the historic landscape of Camas nan Geall. As part of the Adopt-A-Monument Ardnamurchan project, between the 2nd and 12th (NB: no activity on 7th) of September we will be carrying out archaeological excavations around Camas nan … Continued

The archaeology activity that took place at Swordle Bay, Camas nan Geall and at the Ice House in Fascadale has now come to an end. The work was a continuation of the Transitions Project which has taken place in Swordle … Continued

Come along to the Icehouse at Fascadale on either Saturday 1st or Sunday 2nd May 2021, at 2.30pm to find out all about the project’s plans and how you can get involved. This exciting funded history and heritage project (Archaeology … Continued

Fixed Term contract for 12 months  Post funded by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Natural and Cultural Heritage Fund The Adopt-a-Monument Engagement Officer will work alongside the Senior Project Officer in delivering the programme, the ‘Real Wild West – Adopt-a-Monument … Continued

We’re very excited to announce that, after several months of unavoidable delay, the Adopt-a-Monument Project will officially begin on 1st April! The Project, part of a new £9 million Scottish programme of projects to invest in the Highlands and Islands … Continued

The Adopt-a-Monument on Ardnamurchan project is part of a new £9 million Scottish programme of projects to invest in the Highlands and Islands to provide more and better-quality opportunities for visitors to enjoy natural and cultural heritage assets. Funded by … Continued

Three public events are being held the week commencing 15th September in association with the digs at Swordle and Cama nan Geall. Sunday September 15th – Camas nan Geall dig – Open Day 10am – 2pm A drop in event … Continued

We’re very excited to announce that as part of their 75th birthday celebrations, Archaeology Scotland are planning an archaeological field school in Ardnamurchan from 7th to 19th September 2019. The field school will be exploring Camus Nan Gaell, and the unique … Continued

Ardnamurchan History and Heritage Association are holding their Annual General Meeting on Saturday 20th July 5.30pm at Kilchoan Learning Centre. The meeting is open to anyone and everyone with an interest, even a mild one, in the rich heritage of … Continued

AHHA was very pleased to welcome to the village Nancy McKean Conner and her husband Bob, who live in Wauchula, Florida. Nancy is a descendant of the McKeans who sailed across to the New World from Ireland, but her researches have led her … Continued

  Pupils from Kilchoan Primary School recently visited St Comghan’s church, the 12th century church on the hill above the village, as part of the AHHA initiative funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. More details of the church are on … Continued

Lochan na Crannaig lies to the right of the road between Kilchoan and Achosnich, about half way to Sonachan Hotel. To learn more about it, see the Kilchoan Diary entry here.

Members of Ardnamurchan History & Heritage Association spent some time in beautiful weather this morning at St Comghan’s church completing our survey of the gravestones. The basic details of each gravestone will in due course be printed as part of a … Continued

Last weekend, members of AHHA walked to the south of Swordle, into the forestry, to visit the Allt Sordail dun, a dun being a fortified site. There are several duns on Ardnamurchan, but this one is unusual in being away … Continued

The process of populating this site continues with an account of two of the families who held the Ardnamurchan Estate through the 18th and 19th centuries, the Murrays and Riddells – link here. We are particularly pleased in the section on … Continued

Portuairk, one of the crofting townships on Ardnamurchan’s northwest coast, is a beautiful and tranquil place today, but it was the scene of some misery when it was first settled, around 1853. People from the township of Swordlechorach were forcibly … Continued