Achavaddy

Ach a’Mhadaidh means the field of the wolf. Today (2024) it is deserted, only stones walls and the remains of houses can be seen. In 1855-56 the tenant was Drover John Cameron (Corriechoille) who had taken it over from his relation Drover Alexander MacArthur who went bankrupt in 1844.

Eoghan Grant shepherd at Achavaddy

A Cameron lady at Achavaddy c1900

Pistol belonging to Drover MacArthur. Drovers were given an exemption from the Disarming Act implemented after the collapse of the ’45. So for their personal protection they were allowed to carry a pistol.

Articles re Alexander MacArthur

1851 census