Rent Rolls
Some records of tenants in the area from early estate papers...
People
Coille Diamhain (Coille Diobhan)
Census Images Sheep Farming People Lower Glen Roy Coille Diobhain
Coille Diomhain is on the west side of Allt Ionndrain burn about a quarter of a mile from Bohuntin. ...
Who lived in that house?
Bohuntinville ...
Iain Odhar
The story of Iain Odhar was preserved around the firesides of the old ceilidh houses and passed on through the generations. He was an out and out rascal but seemed...
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...
Dòmhnall MacFhionnlaigh nan Dàn
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Donald who lived c.1600 was one our most famous bards. His verse epitomises the reverence and respect of the Gaelic People for the natural world, its landscape and its creatures....
Lower Glen Spean
People Spean Bridge (Drochaid Aonachain) Leanachan Brackletter High Bridge Achnaboban Achnahannet
Lower Glen Spean stretches from Spean Bridge(Unachan) down to Achnoboban...
Donald MacKintosh 1840-1932
Donald MacKintosh was born at Murlaggan, Lochaber, Scotland on 16th May 1840, son of James MacKintosh, Murlaggan and his wife Mary MacArthur, Achavaddy. He emigrated to Warwick, Queensland, Australia in...
CENSUS Downloads
KILMONIVAIG CENSUS RETURNS Download...
The Parish of Kilmonivaig
Census Church People Upper Glen Roy Upper Glen Spean Mid Glen Roy Lower Glen Roy Mid Glen Spean Lower Glen Spean
A medieval parish and a parish for both civil and religious purposes from the sixteenth century until 1975. The boundaries of the civil parish were altered by the Boundary Commissioners...
Cranachan
The now deserted farmstead of Cranachan was originally a small township . It is about 2.5 miles north- east of Roy Bridge. Cranachan stands to the east side of the...
Brackletter
Images Leases Cattle rearing and stealing Sheep Farming People Lower Glen Spean Brackletter
Brackletter is a township in Kilmonivaig parish...
Antiquarian Notes, Historical, Genealogical and Social (Second Series) Inverness-Shire, Parish by Parish Chapter VIII. Kilmonivaig
The south-west of the mainland of Inverness-shire of old consisted of three lordships, comprehending all the lands whose waters flow into the Atlantic. These were—Ist, The lordship of Lochaber, which...
Glenturret
Census Stories Sheep Farming People Folklore Upper Glen Roy Glenturret
Glenturret is a small glen running west towards Braeroy following the River Turret ...
Father Coll MacDonald
Leckroy was the birthplace of the renowned Highland priest, Father Coll MacDonald. 1812-1889...
Domhnall Mòr Og
It is still told in Brae Lochaber how Donald Cameron, known as Donald Mor Og, a man remarkable for his great strength, was on this occasion attacked by a French...
Census 1881
1881 Census Fort William Area - Inverness-shire Scotland...
Montrose in Glens Turret and Roy
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by Ann MacDonnell, M.A., F.S.A. (Scot)....
