Celebrating the History & Heritage of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula
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
These days, distilleries are big business, not only for the distilling of whisky but also as visitor centres – witness our new Ardnamurchan Distillery at Glenbeg – link here. However, at the end of the 18th and beginning of the … Continued
The work on the eastern wall of the graveyard at St Comghan’s was completed on Saturday when a group from Ardnamurchan History & Heritage Association removed the old, rusty wire ‘scarer’ and replaced it with new. At the same … Continued
The Ardnamurchan History & Heritage Association has adopted two local scheduled monuments under Archaeology Scotland’s ‘Adopt a Monument’ scheme. One is St Comghan’s church and graveyard, for over 600 years, from some time in the 12th century through to the early … Continued
Cladh Chiarain, the walled graveyard at Camas nan Geall, one of the scheduled monuments which AHHA has adopted, contains at least six headstones, the finest of which are these two. Both have a date on the back, 1737, and the … Continued