Understanding the cathedral church of Lismore, and how it was built, is like tracing the plot in a detective novel. The surviving structure, cut down from the medieval chancel, has undergone at least two major refits over the last 250 years, resulting in the...
Up to the middle of the nineteenth century, Lismore was an important source of grain for the West Highlands: every possible piece of cultivable land was used to produce oats for food and livestock feed, and bere barley for whisky distilling, as well as grain to pay...
Until 1734, Baligrundle was owned by the Campbell Lords of Glenorchy (Earls of Breadalbane from 1681), who were inveterate hoarders of family and estate papers. Many of these are now preserved in the National Archives of Scotland (NAS), including a unique plan of the...
Over the years, the traffic of the many visitors to Tirfuir Broch, and the effects of rain and storms, have taken their toll of the structure, and Historic Scotland have been concerned to consolidate the damaged parts. The outer skin was mended in 2008 and, in 2009,...
The first two of what may become many Map Ceilidhs - evenings of stories, memories, information and poetry and music - were held at Julian and Carol Wormleighton's at the south end and Stuart and Pauline's in the north. Both began by sitting around a large painted...