Tools from the Smiddy and metal objects made by the blacksmiths are on display in the museum.
Clachan Smiddy 12 December 2014
The November 2013 Object featured the Book of Gaelic Sermons owned by the MacPhersons. Dugald MacPherson came from Oban to be blacksmith at Clachan in 1870 and he was succeeded by his son Hector who worked there until 1951. The smiddy, with its unusual break in the roof to allow the forge smoke to escape, is now a holiday cottage for rent.
Hector and Euphemia
Dugald and Mary MacPherson.
Single horn anvil (height 31.5 cm, overall length of working surface including the horn 54.3 cm)
The Single Horn Anvil from the Clachan Smiddy. This anvil (height 31.5 cm, overall length of working surface including the horn 54.3 cm)
Forge Tongs: Clachan Smiddy forge tongs (lent for the 2013 Ploughman Display by Tamsin MacVean)
Island-made iron items displayed in the museum