Iona
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Map of Argyll
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
Iona books (5 available)
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The Slate Islands : Easdale.
THE SLATE ISLANDS
By Walter Deas
Some 24k (15 miles) south and west of Oban lies an area with interesting old villages, megalithic cairns, Iron Age forts, standing stones and castles. One heads south on the Oban - Lochgilphead Road, leaving this road at Kilninver, eventually reaching the Clachan Bridge. It is well known as the Atlantic Bridge as it actually crosses the Atlantic, which flows, between Argyll and Seil Island.
The site was selected as early as 1787, and John Stevenson ...read more here
A memory of contributed by Walter Deas
Cnocaruan
The photograph shows our house in the foreground, originally built in 1890 and has a self-catering extension added on to make the most of the spectacular Falls of Lora. The photos I am looking for are of Connel Bridge under construction. If you do or know of a web page please email cnocaruan@aol.com
A memory of Connel Ferry contributed by gabriella mckenzie
bonawe ferry crossing
I lived in Bonawe from 1947-1956. My dad worked in Bonawe Quarries. We left in 1956 to live in Glasgow. I have lived in Yorkshire for over 30 years now but I love to go back to Bonawe. My last visit was 2007, it has changed but I still have my memories. I think the chap who ran the ferry was called "deucher". I am sorry if I have got that wrong. I remember the village store putting a working train set in the shop window at Christmas. I can still see the school, Ardchattan Primary, one classroom and one teacher for all the pupils. We used to cross Loch Etive from Bonawe to Taynuilt by rowing boat for a ...read more here
A memory of Taynuilt contributed by christine mcphie
Childhood Memories
We moved into Tighnabruaich when I was almost 8 yrs old. Our 1st house was on the Ardmarnock Est between Millhouse and Otter Ferry. We stayed there for around a year before moving into Corra Farm on the Ardlamont Est near Ardlamont House.
I used to go to Tigh. Primary School before moving onto Dunoon Grammar School.
I remember Pamela Briggs, Val, Karen + Sidney Moebeck, The Dillons Neil and Tom. Angela Whyte. Frank + Pamela Coutts who lived along the road from me. As did the McCrae brothers Donald + Iain just to name a few. I enjoyed the country life the peace and quiet without all the hustle and bustle of city life.
I've been back quite a ...read more here
A memory of Tighnabruaich contributed by Tim Hosey
Extracts From Iona & Argyll books
Iona lies just off the extreme south-west shores of Mull. In 1203, the Benedictines founded a monastery on the island that lasted until the Reformation. In 1899, the 8th Duke of Argyll presented the ruins of the abbey to the Church of Scotland, in the hope that restoration work might be undertaken. The building was eventually re-roofed, and used for worship once again in 1910.
An extract from from"Scotland".
Iona lies just off the extreme south-west of Mull. In 1203, the Benedictines founded a monastery on the island which lasted until the Reformation. In 1899, the 8th Duke of Argyll presented the ruins of the abbey to the Church of Scotland in the hope that restoration work might be undertaken. The building was eventually re-roofed, and used for worship once again in 1910.
An extract from from"Scotland Photographic Memories".
Iona was chosen by St Columba in AD 563 as the site for a religious house from where he could carry out his missionary work. St Columba was a member of the O’Neill clan; he left Ireland after the battle of Cuil-dremne. It is said that it was Columba himself who caused the battle: he was accused by the High King of taking a psalter without permission, so Columba appealed to his clan for help in clearing his name, and the matter was settled by sword and axe.
An extract from from"Scotland".
It was chosen by St Columba in AD 563 as the site for a religious house from where he could carry out his missionary work. St Columba was a member of the O’Neill clan; he left Ireland after the battle of Cuil-dremne. It is said that it was Columba himself who caused the battle: he was accused by the High King of taking a psalter without permission, so Columba appealed to his clan for help in clearing his name, and the matter was settled by sword and axe.
An extract from from"Scotland Photographic Memories".
The island of Iona, near Mull off the west coast of Scotland, is known as the cradle of Scottish Christianity or ‘The Mecca of Gael’. St Columba built his monastery here in AD563. The medieval abbey church was rebuilt in the 1930s and became the home of the famous Iona community.
An extract from from"Ancient Monuments and Stone Circles Photographic Memories".