Samalaman
A film about Samalaman which featured in a recent Sunday newspaper as “do-upper-of-the-week”: Most of the photographs in this film come from here [I do not have copyright for these … Continue reading Samalaman
Tag: Argyll
To feel the wider life of Art
This was filmed at Barbreck, Argyll. It is about the friendship between James Archibald Campbell and Patrick Geddes. This film is for Ian Collins, who like Patrick Geddes has shown … Continue reading To feel the wider life of Art
For ruin was certainly ahead
Photograph: Barbreck Mausoleum from the Folly Words: some of a page from ‘A Far Cry From Kensington’ by Muriel Spark Other ruins can be found here.
Inishail
One of my first memories is of Inishail, an island of Loch Awe. To a deafening rifle salute the Duke of Argyll was sent out on a boat to be … Continue reading Inishail
The Clock Lodge
This fascinating building has a fascinating story. It was built for a purpose that was never to be realised. The Kist, Vol 27, reveals what little is known:
immediately, silently, breathlessly
A family photograph taken at the Tower of Glenstrae where I spent my summers:
The Kist
This film is for Mrs Palmer. Patricia Palmer was the caretaker of the Tower of Glenstrae [one of the ‘retreats’ of my uncle when home from Africa.] Mrs Palmer, a … Continue reading The Kist
A Future for the Past
This is a 1971 review of a book of ten years before. It was published in The Kist, Number Two, Martinmas 1971:
M Y . N A M E . I S . W A T C H M A N
It is most unlikely that you will have come across ‘Watchman’: yet he has been around since 1714. Watchman was erected over a newly found spring by Archibald Campbell of Barbreck. … Continue reading M Y . N A M E . I S . W A T C H M A N
According to Orders
The auld hoose of Turnalt in Argyll is now semi-ruinous. However it still carries grace in its symmetry and proportions. It had ‘Adam style’ before there was Adam. Turnalt hoose … Continue reading According to Orders
A Monument of War
Gallanachmore Minefield Control Tower was a World War II Extended Defence Officers Post (XDO) It is situated at Gallanachmore above the Sound of Kerrera. It is a large concrete tower … Continue reading A Monument of War
The little loch of the yew grove
‘The little loch of the yew grove’ can be found in the Argyll Parish of Ardnamurchan just north of the farm of Glenhurich. One day I will visit it and … Continue reading The little loch of the yew grove