Posts tagged ‘loch tuath’
Clearance Clachan ~ Bruach Mhor
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Sheep fank and cleared clachan of Bruach Mhor above Laggan Bay and Lagganulva and across the bay from the Isle of Ulva.
Rained briefly on the way up, enough to stop and put the camera away.
Wondered about the weather briefly, wondered about my back briefly.
They both held up over time.
😉
Farm of Bert & Chris Leitch at Lagganulva.
Laggan Bay and the Isle of Ulva across the way.
The Gribun Headlands beyond.
Sheep fank at cleared clachan of Bruach Mhor above Lagganulva.
Sheep fank and dwelling wall-foundation in foreground.
One of seven or eight cleared dwellings in the immediate walkable area.
Bruach Mhor
Sheep fank detail – rounded corner.
Sheep fank detail – lintel.
Cleared dwelling wall-foundation further out along the track.
Bruach Mhor
Heading down the track.
Gribun Headlands beyond.
Down the track.
Loch Tuath and the Mull Coastline
Excellent Article – Ulva Ferry Past and Present
Ulva Ferry and the community’s struggle for their primary school.
More Ulva History – A Bit Thicker and Not As Accessible
Clan MacQuarrie: A History, by R. W. Munro and Alan Macquarrie
Bruach Mhor Citing
As Always Your Commentary and Critique Is Appreciated.
Broch ~ Dun nan Gall
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Isle of Mull at Ballygown
Broch ~ Dun nan Gall
Dun nan Gall remains on Loch Tuath near present day Ballygown settlement
“The skills employed in building … brochs is considerable: to construct a building” of some height “without the use of mortar, demands a good deal of practical engineering experience. The Iron age solution to erecting a high defensive wall was to construct it as an H-frame: the wall being built as two concentric rings, tied across all the way up with stone beams or lintels – the whole in effect, being a thick-built and strongly jointed scaffolding. Unlike scaffolding, however, the outer wall was given a slight batter or slope inwards and the platform went up inside it in a spiral.”
Dun nan Gall with burn and Loch Tuath beyond – note the dry laid and fitted stone wall with stones that supported the timber floor jutting out from the bottom of the stone wall
” … at Dun nan Gall, the gallery, at least at ground floor level would have been wide enough to walk around and there is the remains of a staircase going up within the wall.”
Dry masoned doorway – Dun nan Gall
Dun nan Gall with burn in foreground and Loch Tuath and the Isle of Ulva beyond
Dun nan Gall is built on a rocky promontory jutting out into Loch Tuath and is clearly visible from the road from Kilninian to Ulva Ferry just as the houses at Ballygown are reached.”
“… it had a scarcement or timber floor and the stones that supported the floor may be seen jutting out from the inside wall of the broch. “
“… the entrance could be barred across and there is a deep channel, square in section, on one side of the door where the bar was lodged and a shallower hole on the other side into which the bar fitted.”
Jean Whittaker, Mull Monuments and History, 2004, Brown and Whittaker, Tobermory PA75 6P
pp12 – 13
In the Land of the ‘McK’s’
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Norman’s Ruh at Torloisk on Loch Tuath above Loch na Kael, the Isle of Mull.
Norman’s Ruh, a converted crofter’s cottage, very nice. Wonderful setting.
I believe Torloisk is the name of the estate or large land holding. It appears to be a large commercialized agricultural landholding, with lots of rented properties, farm and homes alike.
Loch na Kael is Gaelic for Loch of the Kyle or Narrows.
Loch Tuath leading to Loch na Kael and the Munro and extinct volcano of Ben More
The local telephone book on Mull is all of nine pages in length. Fully three of those pages contain surnames beginning with ‘Mc’ or ‘McK’.
This McKinney, ‘son of Kenneth MacAlpin’ (Gaelic ~ Coinneach mac Ailpein), feels at ‘home’.
