Camas nan Geall – Excavation update 2022
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
Merry Christmas to all of you!
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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Fascadale coble working party and barbecue
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
Volunteers of Adopt-a-Monument, Ardnamurchan
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
Camas Nan Geall 2021 – post excavation update
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
Camas nan Geall 2021 activity begins!
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
One final trip for Pedro (and a name change)
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
Excavations at Camas nan Geall 2021
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
Update Ardnamurchan Transitions Project 2021
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
Adopt-a-Monument Project Launch
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
Exciting new role: Adopt-a-Monument Engagement Officer: Ardnamurchan Programme
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
Adopt-a-Monument Project begins
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
Adopt-a-Monument on Ardnamurchan (2021 & 2022)
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
Discover what’s been happening in the recent archaeological excavations
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
Archaeology Scotland Field School to explore Camus Nan Gaell
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
MacIain Descendant Visits
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
Kilchoan Pupils Visit St Comghan’s Church
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
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.
West of Bourblaige
Members of AHHA spent Saturday morning high on the steep slopes to the west of Bourblaige, a settlement cleared by the Ardnamurchan Estate in 1828 – some of its ruined houses are just visible at bottom right of this picture. … Continued
Graveyard Survey Completed
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
Allt Sordail Dun
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 Murrays & Riddells
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
The Swordlechorach Clearance
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
A Hidden Distillery
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
Wall Repair Completed
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
Wall Section at St Comghan’s Rebuilt
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
Repairs at Cladh Chiarain
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