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