| AT 0001
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Land
Management
26/9/00
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Management and Mismanagement in Moidart Since the Seventeenth
Century. Hugh Cheape, National Museums of Scotland. Not dated.
Excellent source for much of the history of land usage in Moidart.
A. Carmichael
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AT 0002 |
Drove
roads
26/9/00
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Haldane
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AT 0003
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17th Century History Records
5/10/00
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17thC
Inverness Field Club, 1986. Article by Frances Shaw on sources
for the 17th century. pp10-23. Photocopy. In FtW library.
Seventeenth Century in the Highlands |
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AT 0004
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17th Century Highland History
5/10/00
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17thC
Inverness Field Club, 1986. Article by James Kirk . In FtW library.
Photocopy of pp24-33 and references.
Seventeenth Century in the Highlands |
|
AT 0005
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17th Century Highland Education
5/10/00
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17thC
Inverness Field Club, 1986. Article by Donald Withrington . In
FtW library. Photocopy.
Seventeenth Century in the Highlands |
|
AT 0006
|
17th Century Highland Economy and Society
5/10/00
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17thC
Inverness Field Club, 1986. Article by Ian Donnachie . In FtW
library. Photocopy.
Seventeenth Century in the Highlands |
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AT 0009
|
photocopy
6/10/00
Caledonian
Canal
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'The Caledonian Canal' AD Cameron (1972). Some facts.
FtWilliam library. 386.470
|
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AT 0010
|
Archive Offices
11/10/00
Scottish Local History
|
Chapter 3 of 'Scottish Local History', David Moody, Batsford
(London), 1986. Copy Jean Lawson.
Scottish Local History
|
|
AT 0011
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photocopy
11/10/00
Steamers on Loch Shiel
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1898-1977
Sailing on Loch Shiel
Account of history of steamers on Loch Shiel with 8 pictures. Author Fraser G MacHaffie. Published by
Clyde River Steamer Club (Glasgow) 1977.
Clyde River Steamer Club via Jim Michie of 'Sileas' |
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AT 0012
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photocopy
2/11/00
Sunart & the
45 |
18thC Sunart and the 45
Good model for information which should be obtained for Moidart.
JE Kirby
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AT 0013
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Distilling
22/11/00
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A Maker of Illicit Stills. IA Glen
Scottish Studies 14, 67-83 (1970) |
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AT 0014
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Distilling
22/11/00
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'The Politicians, The Revenue Men and the Scots Distillers,
1780-1800.
Scottish Studies
|
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AT 0015
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Churches
and Religion
23/11/00 |
Moidart. From the Catholic Highlands. Vol 2.
Scottish Studies
|
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AT 0016
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Churches
and Religion
23/11/00
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Morar. From the Catholic Highlands. Vol 2.
Scottish Studies
|
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AT 0017
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Catholic
Highlands
23/11/00 |
Arisaig. From the Catholic Highlands. Vol 2.
Scottish Studies
|
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AT
0020
|
photocopy Emigration
12/12/00
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'Scottish Settlement in Colonial Nova Scotia: A Case Study
of St. Andrew's Township', Scottish Tradition XIX , 60-79 (1994).
This journal is Canadian and the article gives an excellent account
of Highland Immigrants. There is also excellent comment and a
very useful source list for socio-economic conditions in the Highlands.
Photocopy of the whole article available.
Alan R MacNeil, Scottish Tradition |
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AT 0021
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Photocopy
12/12/00 Shielings |
'Lewis Shielings' Scottish Studies, X, 29-33 (19X). Useful
article on Lewis Shielings. Gaelic terminology, structure of huts,
pasturage, shieling life are described in some detail.
D. MacDonald, Scottish Studies. |
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AT 0022
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Photocopy
7/1/01
1961 Moidart
|
1961 Moidart
Country Life November 16th 1961 , 1182-1184, carried an article
'A Land where no road runs', with photographs about Glenuig and
Smirisary. The photographs are particularly good.
Country Life
|
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AT 0023
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15/1/01
1906 Inverailort
|
1906 Inverailort
Article about Mrs Cameron-Head Inverailort House and her West
Highland White Terriers. Pictures of the house, Mrs Cameron-Head
and terriers.
The Gentlewoman, May 1916
|
|
AT 0024 |
Article,
23/1/01
Shielings in Moidart |
Moidart
Shielings in Moidart. Some notes.
G Barr |
|
B 0002
|
book
26/9/00
1950 Moidart and Morar
|
1950 Moidart and Morar
Wendy Wood 'Moidart and Morar', The Moray Press, Edinburgh, 1950.
History and photographs. Unreliable in one or two places but mainly
seems to be sound. Photocopy
|
|
B 0003
|
book
26/9/00
Glenshian
and Inverailort Deer Forest |
Glenshian
and Inverailort Deer Forest Short history by
Iain Thornber with some old photographs and interpretations of
some place names. Purchase
|
|
B 0005
|
book
8/10/00
1981 Ardnamurchan |
1981 Ardnamurchan
Outline history; churches; people places and facts; origins of
some Gaelic place names. 64 pages. Map. Sketches |
|
G 0001
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General Information. Whisky distillation
19/8/00
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First record of distillation 1494. Excise duty imposed 1644.
1823 Act of Parliament licensing distillation.
OS Leisure Guide 1986
|
|
G 0002
|
General Information
Housing (Rural Workers) Act
19/8/00
|
1926
Act allowed crofters up to £100 if they were unable to complete
housing repairs.
Ardnamurchan - Annals of the parish |
|
G 0004 |
General Information
22/9/00
Shiel
|
Shiel
Recorded as Sale in 7th century. Gaelic Seile. Pre-Celtic Indo-European
name derived from hypothetical Salia. The Indo European root sal-
means 'stream, flowing water, current'. Occurs in Glen Shiel (Ross),
Hayle (England), Sella & Saja (Spain), Seille twice (France).
Spanish & French ones on record as Salia. Also Sala, Salma,
Salantia from Hungary to Norway.
Nicolaisen 'Scottish Place Names' (1976) p189
|
|
G 0005 |
General Information
22/9/00
Roshven
|
Roshven
Gaelic Rois-bheinn. Probably should be 'An Fhras-bheinn' (Pron;
rass-veing) (The Shower Mountain). The hill frequently has cloud
and showers while there is fine weather around. In correct grammatical
Gaelic usage it would have been heard most frequently in expressions
such as 'aig an Fhrois-bheinn' 'faisg air an Fhrois-bheinn' (Dative
case, fh silent). In most usage and in English the name then became
'Fhrois-bheinn. |
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G 0008
|
General Information
5/10/00
Shielings
|
Gaelic= ˆirigh.
Welsh=vottys. Swiss Alps =sennes. ON= sk‡li
Some dictionaries give ruighe as meaning 'shieling'. ruighe
can be masc / fem. Its more usual meaning is forearm, hill slope.
Sgithiol = shieling hut (related to sk‡li above)
Dictionary of Scottish Place Names |
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G 0009
|
General Information
Droving
5/10/00
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Cattle from Rum,
Eigg, south Sleat went to Arisaig and then to FtW via Lochailort.
Droving peaked around 1835, followed by steep decline. Cattle
fetched £4 per head at Falkirk in 1794. Stances were about 10
miles apart. (Lochailort 1st stop, Glenfinnan 2nd, Fassiefern
3rd,
Drove Roads
|
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G 0010
|
General Information
Salt meat
and fish
5/10/00
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Sea salt could not be used for salting beef and fish because
of its content of Magnesium sulphate and calcium sulphate which
impart an unpleasant flavour and make the meat hard.
Drove Roads
|
|
G 0012 |
General Information
Samalaman Jetty & Pier Restoration
5/10/00 |
Samalaman Jetty & Pier Restoration
Map showing pier, jetty, breakwater and nearby buildings
Crown Estates |
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G 0013
|
General Information. Moidart
Emigrations
8/10/00
|
Sources for emigrations 1772 to 1885
John Dye
|
|
G 0014
|
General Information. Lord Howard
de Walden
8/10/00
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Died 1946. Owned Eilean Shona at one time. |
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G
0015
|
General Information
Caolas
Mor, Bad an Dobhrain
8/10/00 |
Caolas
Mor, Bad an Dobhrain
Additional notes made by John Dye on the History Walk leaflet.
John Dye |
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G
0018
|
General Information
Eilean
Fhionan
11/10/00 |
Eilean
Fhionan
Notes about The Green Isle prepared for field trip to the
island on 7/10/00.
John Dye |
AT 0002
article
|
Drove
roads
26/9/00
|
Haldane?
|
|
G 0015
|
General Information
8/10/00
Caolas Mor, Bad an
Dobhrain
|
Caolas
Mor, Bad an Dobhrain
Additional notes made by John Dye on the History Walk leaflet.
John Dye
|
|
G 0018
|
General Information
Eilean
Fhionan
11/10/00
|
Eilean
Fhionan
Notes about The Green Isle prepared for field trip to the island
on 7/10/00.
John Dye
|
|
G 0019
|
General Information.Sources
11/10/00
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Photocopy of the Further Reading Section of Moody.
Moody-Scottish Local History
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|
G 0020
|
General Information
Assary
15/10/00
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Assary. Place name.
ass=eas according to M Darton. Dictionary of Place Names in Scotland.
(1994). Eric Dobby Publishers Ltd.
Moody-Scottish Local History
|
|
G 0021
|
General Information
Uligary
15/10/00
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Uligary Place name.
M Darton. Dictionary of Place Names in Scotland. (1994). Eric
Dobby Publishers Ltd. Ullapool from Norse Olaf and bolsedr. Also
ullag=oatmeal moistened with water/ milk/ whisky eaten without
cooking. ula garaidh? ulladh = ealadh= grave stone. Nicolaisen
p141 says gearraidh is a Gaelic loan from Norse and equivalent
to achadh in Lewis. Olaf's field? Moody-Scottish Local History
|
G 0022
|
General Information Population
15/10/00
|
1838. In the Inverness districts there are 300 Church of
Scotland adherants and 2058 Catholics. There are 5 RC Chapels,
2 officiating priests (from the Bishop of Glasgow). Salary is
from fees for administering the seven sacraments.
Statistical Account of Ardnamurchan p160 |
|
G 0023
|
General Information Literacy. Churches. Schools.
15/10/00
|
1838. 'In the parish of Aharacle, there is an assembly school
at the church, another at Kinlochmoidart. There is an assistant
at Ardnafuaran and there is an SPCK school in his district.' Church
of Scotland at Polnish described as 'a tolerable thatched house'Illiterate
Argyll-shire Inverness-shire
6-15 years old 246 416>15 years old 843 892Total 1308. Does
not square with population of 2358.
Statistical Account of Ardnamurchan p160 |
G 0024
|
General Information
Inns
15/10/00
|
1838. Three good inns at Strontian, Arasaig and Glenfinnan.
Four inferior inns 'at other places'. Described as being 'necessary
evils'.
Statistical Account of Ardnamurchan p160 |
|
G 0025
|
General Information.
Telford Survey
15/10/00
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1803. Thomas Telford 'Survey and Report of the Coasts and Central Highlands of
Scotland, 1803'
|
|
G 0026
|
General Information
Arisaig Church
17/10/00
|
1874. Arisaig Church
Church built in 1874. The clock commemorates Alasdair MacMhaistir
Alasdair.
Arisaig web site
|
G 0027
|
General Information
Parish
of Moidart and Arisaig
15/10/00
|
Parish
of Moidart and Arisaig
Volume XVI p340. Moidart and Arisaig formed from Ardnamurchan
in 1895. Agates found on the shores of Loch nan Uamh. Glenuig
church built 1861, Mingarry church built 1862. Glenuig road began
in 1964. Due to cost £0.8 million.
Third Statistical Account
|
|
G 0028
|
General Information Population
of Lochaber
18/10/00
|
1921 total =11,400; urban = 1,900. Change from 1801 to 1921
= -41.3% 1971 total =17.600; urban = 8,000. Change from 1921 to 1971
=+54%
|
|
G 0029
|
General Information
Taynuilt
furnace
18/10/00
|
Taynuilt furnace
Survived until 1866.
|
G 0030
|
General Information
Davoch
23/11/00
|
1 davoch represents the grazing for about 320 cows. Has a cluster of touns.20
pennylands = 1 davoch approxi.e. 1 pennyland is the grazing for
about 16 cows, 1 farthingland 4 cows. In NE Sc 1 davoch was 4
ploughgates (each 104 acres). 1 toun = 24 husbandlands, each about
12.9 acres
Medieval Scotland
|
|
G 0031
|
Maps
William Roy
30/11/00
|
1747-55. Data taken from slides K111313, 314, 316, 317,
554. Shows location of habitations. Names difficult to read. Hill
positions are very nominal.
Highland Council Archives, Bob Steward. |
|
G 0033
|
Place name
Irine
2/12/00
|
Irine. Name given by Mr J Gracie, Roshven manager to Hugh Blackburn.
Many names in Moidart given on the advice of Rev William MacIntosh,
Arisaig.
Ordnance Survey Name Books
|
|
G 0034
|
Place name
Glenuig
School.
2/12/00
|
Glenuig
School. 'Glenuig School is situated at the Northern
extremity of Glen Uig and is supported by Mrs H. Blackburn, Roshven
and the SPCK. Number of scholars 26.' From 1856 name books.
Ordnance Survey Name Books
|
|
G 0035
|
Place name
Forsay
2/12/00
|
Forsay. 'This name applied to a piece of pasture land on which
at one time several tenements stood but these after the rebellion
of 1745 were razed to the ground for the part the inhabitants
took in the said rebellion. The property of Hugh Blackburn, esq,
Roshven.'
Ordnance Survey Name Books
|
|
G 0036
|
Place name
Cruach
na Cuilidh Bige
2/12/00
|
Cruach
na Cuilidh Bige. 'Signifies little hill of the channel.
On the property of Wm Robertson, Kinlochmoidart'.
Ordnance Survey Name Books
|
|
G 0037
|
Place name
Glenuig
properties.
2/12/00
|
Glenuig properties. On the property of J MacLean, Glenuig.
Bad an Dobhrain, Eigneig, Alltigil.
Ordnance Survey Name Books
|
|
G 0038
|
Place name
Eilean Shona
2/12/00
|
Eilean
Shona. Means Island of the Wave, accordingto
the OS informants.
Ordnance Survey Name Books
|
G 0039
|
Place name
Doirlin
House.
2/12/00
|
Doirlin
House. 'Three stories, stone, slated. Property
of Lord Howard of Glossop.' Alexander MacDonald, 'Lochshiel' built
a house to induce a sale of the estate. Hope Scott bought in 1855.
Dorlinn mansion built 1864. 1871 Lord Howard of Glossop buys estate.
Owns till 1883 when he died. His only son inherited.
Ordnance Survey Name Books
|
|
G 0040
|
Place name
Roshven spelling
2/12/00
|
1880. Roshven spelling
Letter from Hugh Blackburn, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
in the University of Glasgow, formerly Fellow of Trinity College
Cambridge. Contests the spelling of Roisbheinn, Roshven, but fails
to understand that frois is the dative case of fras.
Ordnance Survey Name Books
|
|
G 0041
|
Swinburn
2/12/00
|
Mr William MacDonald quoted as manager, tenant with Capt
Swinburn and as source for Gaelic names.
Ordnance Survey Name Books
|
|
G 0042
|
Napier Commission
2/12/00
|
6/8/1883. Ardnish
Donald MacVarish, Ardnish, 64, gathered whelks, which were their
best source of income now that all other occupations had failed.
Earned 5sh in a 5-6 day spring tide. Droving of cattle and sheep
to Falkirk gone. Used to make £15-£16 in a season. Canals and
trains stopped droving.Donald MacDonald, one of 3 at Polnish,
nearly 80 afraid of old age. Rents - one paid £2 the other two
paid [TAB]
30sh each. Pay £3 apiece for a cow each (to tacksman). 17 Commandments.
Sons and daughters had to leave when they reached 21.
Go Listen to the Crofters pp59- |
G 0043
Sheriff Court |
Imprisonment
2/12/00
|
Burgh and County of Inverness, Sheriff Court, Extract Sentences.
Ref: 35/60 . Date 1837. Donald MacDonald, sometime crofter at
Kylesmore of Kinlochmoidart in Ardnamurchan - charged with theft
- imprisoned for six weeks.
Bob Steward, HC Archives |
G 0044
Measures |
Boll
8/12/00
|
H. Charles Craig. Index Publishing (1994). Year by year
account from 15th century to present. 663.52 in Inverness Ref
Library. Boll is a unit of capacity. 1 boll = 6 bushels=48 gallons=152.4
kg 6.6 bolls make up a metric ton.
£Scots=£English in 1315. By 1603 £1Sc=1/8d i.e one twelfth of
£English. 20 shillings in £1Sc. 1Shilling Sc was valued about
1d English in 1603. Hence sgillinn in Gaelic meaning a penny.
Table shows devaluation over the centuries.
The Scotch Whisky Industry Record |
|
G 0045 |
Private
distilling
8/12/00
|
H. Charles Craig. Index Publishing (1994). Year by year
account from 15th century to present. 663.52 in Inverness Ref
Library. Until 1781 it was legal to distil for private consumption.
In 1822 there were 4867 prosecutions for illicit distilling. Reference
given as Seventh Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the
Excise.
The Scotch Whisky Industry Record |
G 0046
|
Kinlochmoidart
Woods
12/12/00 |
Kinlochmoidart
Published by the Scottish History Society (1964). Valuation of
the woods and inspection of the farms of 'Duillad, Assary, Kenlochuachkerach,
Badnagrogan, Kilismore, Shunabeg, Kanloch, Kilisbeg or Kiliscolta,
Bronarie.' Is Duillad=Dalilea? Is Kiliscolta an alternative name
for Caolas Beag? Where is Badnagrogan?
Argyll Estate Instructions |
|
G 0047
|
Land Ownership, Lochshiel
12/12/00
|
Lochshiel
Estate
Lochshiel Estate sold 1811 by Clanranald to Alexander MacDonald
of Glenaladale. Then owned by Archibald MacDonald of Rhu Arisaig,
but stays in Rhu because Dalilea on long lease to Banker MacDonald.
Inherited by his son Alexander MacDonald who clears Dorlin, Scardoish,
Port a'Bhata, Briaig, Mingarry. 1852 emigration to Australia.
Joined by most of Glenuig and Caolas. [TAB]
Sells to Hope Scott in 1855 for £24,000 . Built Dorlin Mansion
1864 and later Mingarry church and school. 1871 Lord Howard of
Glossop buys. 1883 his son Lord Howard inherits.
Fr Charles MacDonald, Moidart
|
|
G 0048
|
Land Ownership
Eilean Shona
12/12/00
|
Eilean
Shona
Bought by Alexander MacDonald of Glenaladale for £3,000 from Clanranald.
Then owned by Archibald MacDonald of Rhu Arisaig until 1853. Captain
Swinburne buys in 1853 for £6,500.
Fr Charles MacDonald, Moidart
|
|
G 0049
|
Land Ownership
Lochans
12/12/00
|
Lochans
Sold in 1814 to Banker MacDonald, tenant of Dalilea. Then owned
by Lachlan Chisholm, Captain Grimstone, General Ross, Mr Stuart
of Kinlochmoidart. In 1890 old house being pulled down to make
way for a larger one.
Fr Charles MacDonald, Moidart
|
|
G 0050
|
Land Ownership
Glen Uig Estate
12/12/00
|
Glen
Uig Estate
1827 sold to Major Allan MacDonald of Balfinlay in Uist. 1834
bought by Dr Martin from Skye along with Roshven. 1854 Glenuig
sold to Alexander Stuart, tenant of Glenforslan and Roshven sold
to Hugh Blackburn.
Fr Charles MacDonald, Moidart
|
G 0051
|
Land Ownership
Roshven Estate
12/12/00
|
Roshven
Estate
1834 bought by Dr Martin from Skye along with Glenuig. 1854 sold
to Hugh Blackburn.
Fr Charles MacDonald, Moidart
|
G 0052
|
Land Ownership
Arisaig Estate
12/12/00
|
Arisaig
Estate
Sold to Lady Ashburton, Clanranald's second wife. Bequethed to
Lord Cranstoun. Sold to MacKay , Big House. Sold to Mr Astley
of Duckinfield.
Fr Charles MacDonald, Moidart
|
G 0053
|
Land Ownership
South
Uist and Benbecula
12/12/00
|
South
Uist and Benbecula
1837 sold to Colonel Gordon of Clunie, from Aberdeenshire. Inherited
by Lady Gordon Cathcart.
Fr Charles MacDonald, Moidart
|
|
G 0055
|
Notes
Eilean
Fhionan. St Finnan's Isle
12/12/00
|
Eilean
Fhionan. St Finnan's Isle
Notes made in preparation to a visit to the island by MV Sileas,
Nov 2000.
John Dye
|
|
G 0056
|
Shipwreck
Cygnet
7/1/01
|
1882
Cygnet
Wreck 56 52 00N, 5 45 00
W (position approx). Paddle steamer sunk in 1882 in Lochailort.
Length 77.5 ft, beam 14.5 ft, tonnage 101 gross, draught 10.0
ft. Iron Paddle steamer launched as the Ben Nevis in 1848. Ran
aground. MacBrayne's had several boats called Cygnet. The coordinates
are on dry land in Ardnish!
Diving book / Ken Bowker
|
|
G 0057
|
Graveyard
Innis na Cuilce
12/1/01
|
Innis na Cuilce
Last burial said to be a Gillies in the 1970s |
G 0058
|
Place name
Roshven
17/1/01
|
Roshven
Suggested that Roisbheinn is part translation for Norse hross-fjall
= horse hills. Suggested that when beinn is terminal it is a translation
of fjall. Highways & Byways in the West Highlands, 1935.
Seton Gordon
|
|
M 0002
|
OS Map
1929
Ardnamurchan and Loch Shiel
7/11/00
|
1929
Ardnamurchan and Loch Shiel
One inch to one mile Ordnance Survey map, published 1929, 3rd
revision 1924-27. Margaret Piggot, Alaska. |
M 0003
|
Map, enlargement
Caolas
Beag E to jetty
12/1/01
|
Caolas
Beag E to jetty
Shows An Drin, recessed platforms.
Gordon Barr
|
N 0002
|
Newspaper cutting
Polnish Church
20/4/00
|
Polnish
Church
Polnish Church. Our Lady of the Braes. Built 1872 by Fr William
MacIntosh. Renovated late 1970's by Monsignor Thomas Wynne who
was last to say mass there around 1987.
Joan Clyne
|
N 0003
|
Newspaper cutting
Strontian Smelter
20/4/00
|
1722-30
Strontian
smelter
Lead smelter discovered in the grounds of Kilcamb Lodge Hotel.
No 231. Apr 2000.
De tha dol? George P Fox.
|
|
N 0004
|
Newspaper cutting
Curraghs
20/4/00
|
curragh
Coracles, curraghs, viking knarr with sketches. Further References
given.
De tha dol?
|
|
N 0006
|
Newspaper cutting
First Battle of Inverlochy
28/9/00
|
15th C
Alexander, Lord of the Isles, imprisoned 1429 by James I. Nephew
Donald Balloch & Alisdair Carrach defeated the king but retreated.
Lochaber Life, 95, Sept 2000
|
|
N 0007
|
Newspaper cutting
Highland
Cattle in Knoydart
28/9/00
|
Highland
Cattle in Knoydart
Return of Highland cattle to Knoydart. Droving.
Lochaber Life, 95, Sept 2000
|
|
N 0010
|
Newspaper cutting.
Cattle Droving
28/9/00
|
Short history
Lochaber Life, 94, Aug 2000
|
N 0011
|
Newspaper cutting
Glenuig Postman
28/9/00
|
1895 2000
Glenuig
postman
Angus MacDonald postman from 1895 to 1934. Travelled Lochailort
to Glenuig on pony, 'Johnny'. Photo taken at Glenshian bridge.
MacDonald family ran Glenuig post office till death of Jean Kennedy,
postmistress, about 1987.
Scots Magazine , ca 1989
|
O 0001
|
Oral information
Glenuig Parliament
11/5/00
|
Glenuig
Parliament
The Glenuig 'Parliament' assembled at the rock across the road
from where the Inn and telephone box are now in order to decide
on the communal work for the day. Cf the St Kilda Parliament.
A Carmichael (Pod)
|
|
R 0001
|
Valuation Roll
18/4/00
|
1869-70
Parish of Ardnamurchan
Mentioned - Langal (James Robert Hope Scott of Lochiel, Dalnabreck,
Moss, Deek (Alexander MacDonald jun,) Dorlin House, Small crofts
Dorlin, Blain. Glenmoidart owned by Lt-Col Patrick Robertson Ross.
Glenforslan owned by Wm Robertson also Kylesmore, crofts Kyllis
(Caolas?) Inverailort, Glenfinnan, Lettermorar. Glasnacardoch,
Inn Kinlochailort, Peanmeanach, Sloc, Laggan, Mullachbuie, Easter
Arienniskill, Schoolmaster's house Polnish, small crofts on estate.
Roshven and Irine. House and Land 'Glening' (Glenuig?) Alex Stewart,
Smirisary Eagnaig (Donald Gillies), Alltigil (Ewan MacDougall).
Ballydonny (?) (Kennedy's)
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School
rolls
18/4/00
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1915 (Aug) Invernessshire.
Average number of scholars on registers for Arisaig and Moidart
- Glenfinnan 19, Glenuig 33, Lochailort 23, Arisaig 26, Arisaig
RC 102.
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Record of land bonds
18/4/00
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1859 (11/4) Glenaladale, Irine
John Andrew MacDonald of Glenaladale (2 Merk and 10s) and '30s
land of Gleninvin, bar. Moydart.' Alexander Stewart tenant of
Kinlochmoidart registers disp to himself by Donald Martin (from
colony of Demerara) and now in Monkstadt Skye parts of the 27
Merk lands of Moidart (viz Irine, Glenuig, Samalaman, Smerisary,
Eignaig and western part of Alisary
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Record
1824 Glenuig-Alissary
7/8/00
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1824 Glenuig-Alissary, 1824 sale.
West Register House, Edinburgh. RHP 40996.
Jean Lawson
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Record
1876 Glenuig School
7/8/00
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1876 Glenuig School
Admissions 24/11/1876 from Glenuig, Roshven, Smirisary, Samalaman.
2 pages.
Bob Steward
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Record
1790 Parish of Ardnamurchan
26/9/00
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1790 Parish of Ardnamurchan
First
Statistical Account of Scotland. Rev Alexander
Campbell. Separated into Ardnamurchan, Sunart, Moidart, Arisaig+S.
Morar
Ft William Library
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Valuation Roll
Parish of Ardnamurchan
6/12/00
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1889-90
Photocopy of Parish of Ardnamurchan in Invernessshire.
Highland Council Archives
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Extract from Valuation Roll 1898. Occupations
6/12/00
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1889-90 Extract of occupations, where given, of owners and
tenants. 124 records. Arranged alphabetically by place and by
occupation.
Highland Council Archives
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Muster
Roll Occupations
6/12/00
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1745-46 Edited A
Livingstone of Bachuil, CWH Aikman & BS Hart (1984) Aberdeen
Univ Press.p139 MacDonald of Clanranald. 941.107 in Inverness
Reference Library. Extract of Moidart men made. p141 Chaplain
Capt Rev Allan MacDonald. Surgeon John MacQuarrie (McWarish).
Surgeon's mate had same name.
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Napier Commission
10/12/00
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6/8/1883 Moidart Hearings in Arisaig
Photocopy of certain pages of the evidence. Minutes Napier
Commission
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Royal Commission
1883 Highlands & Islands
10/12/00
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6/8/1883 Highlands & Islands
Photocopy of certain pages of the evidence.
Minutes
of Royal Commission
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Excise
Records
12/12/00
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1832 Notes taken
while examining records at NAS. CE13/9 (1832). CE 6/19 (1794).
CE 13/2 (1817-1822). CE 13/8. Gordon Barr |
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Maps of 1873
12/12/00
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1873
Notes on features on the 1873 OS maps
Gordon Barr
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Minutes
Synod of Argyll
12/12/00
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1652-61 Photocopy of pp120-121,194-195, 200-203 which have
references to Moidart. p121 mentions RC priests who are active
in Moidart :- Frances White and Diarmid O Dovegan who came from
Ireland in 1651 with Glengarry and also John MacDonald and James
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Census 1851
17/12/00
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March 1851 Summary of number of houses in Moidart
and Ardnish by the number of houses in each township
and the number of inhabitants in each.
Gordon Barr
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