an episode in the Highland Clearance

[tulloch]

You are very fortunate to be able to see such a place. Wonderful photos. Thank you for posting them. What a sad story.

[Ozark Ridge Rider]

As near as I can tell my ancestors avoided the clearances. After the 45 they bailed out for the colonies, probably lucky to get out with their necks unstretched. Lemonade, indeed.

Thanks for the story and pictures.

Dan

[Oldhiker]

Redshanks

as usual, great photos and a wonderful tale. You truly are lucky to live in Argyll.

Thanks again for the walk down memory lane.

[Jock Scot]

Super pictures Chris. I just don't know what to feel when I see sights like that, certainly anger at the inhumanity and waste of it all. I have never understood why any of the dispossed's ancestors ever return and I have never understood why they return to Clan gatherings and I have an ironic smile when I see a world wide appeal going out for money to restore the South tower of Laird's castle. Time heals that is for sure and it must and I also don't believe that any one should have to apologise for their ancestors actions, then was then and now is now, but pictures such as we see here are a stark reminder to us all that not very long ago things were very different.