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Histories and Eras

The tales that have been passed down many generations to land in our very own hands. We would like to share these stories that shape and mould many of the most iconic landmarks in the west coast.

Eilean Donan Castle - Colin Nutt

Histories and Eras

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Muck's Big Door, Little Door and Midlle Door

Access to Muck harbour is tricky and can be negotiated in three different ways!

Norwegian Naval disaster

A Norwegien naval disaster and a return to Vatersay on the 50th Anniversary

Nunton House and Flora MacDonald

Nunton House has a long history, including the 1745 Jacobite uprising and the post Culloden escapades of Bonnie Prince Charlie in hiding

Oban and the law

Crime and punishment on the streets of Oban

Olympian in Sleat

A personal memory of knowing Skye's 'stongman' Archie 'Mor' MacDonald

Once upon a geological time on Gigha

As told by a human resident

Operation 'Highball' in Loch Striven

During WW2, Loch Striven was used to trial the naval version of the famous bouncing bombs invented in 1943

Operation Cauldron

In the 1950s, off the coast of Lewis, animals were tested with biological agents

Our Lady of the Braes

Patronised by the Inverailort gentry, this lovely church once served the now abandoned Ardnish peninsula

Pillage and murder in the Small Isles

Maclean of Duart is aided by soldiers from the Spanish Armada