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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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A Crofting Boyhood

A personal reflection by Captain Dugald Campbell McNab

An Niall Mór (The Great Neil)

A story told in Gaelic of comparing castles, linked to Glendaruel in the Cowal peninsula

Clach a'Phoanais (The Punishment Stone)

What was the iron ring attached to this standing stone for?

Clan Currie - heriditary bards

Clan Currie were the family of hereditary bards that composed a variety of eulogies and poems in Classical Gaelic

Concorde

The story of Oban and Concorde

Domhnall Dubh

His attempt at re-instating the Lordship of the Isles from Islay

Duncan Macpherson's Highland legacy

The Pharmacist Photographer that documented Highland life

Echoes of Tragedy

The sad loss of life

Eilean nam Ban

According to a peculiar legend in Iona, St Columba is said to have banished all female creatures on the island

Exotic animals at Mount Stuart

Beavers, porcupines and wallabies were introduced here in the late nineteenth century