Ardnamurchan
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Ardnamurchan is a 50-square-mile peninsula in the ward management area of Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, noted for its remoteness and rural nature. Its remoteness is accentuated by the main access rout
View across Eilean Chaluim Cille Bay to Ardnamurchan Point and lighthouse
Welcome sign at Kilchoan ferry terminal
Place names in their original Gaelic are becoming increasingly common on road signs throughout the Scottish Highlands. This sign is located at the top of Salen Brae, in Ardnamurchan.
MacDonald of Ardnamurchan
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The MacDonalds of Ardnamurchan, also known as MacIain of Ardnamurchan, or Clan MacIan, were a Scottish family and a branch of the larger Clan Donald. They ruled the area of Ardnamurchan from the 1300s
Ardnamurchan
…for much of its length. The most westerly point of mainland Great Britain, Corrachadh Mòr, is in Ardnamurchan. The area was historically ruled by the Clan MacDonald of Ardnamurchan from the 1300s until 1618. From 1930 to 1975 Ardnamurchan also gave its name to a landward district of Argyll, which covered a much wider area, including…
Tartan for the MacDonalds of Ardnamurchan.
Mingary Castle, historic seat of the chiefs of Clan MacIain of Ardnamurchan