Celebrating Glenurquhart & Abriachan

A.D. MacKenzie

Introduction

Glenurquhart, Glenmoriston and Abriachan are three areas in the Highlands of Scotland on the shores of Loch Ness, near the Caledonian Canal, which have produced many authors, musicians, researchers, et al who have influenced the world and its people in many ways. To celebrate their work and influence, an exhibition is being organised to take place in Blairbeg Hall (Glenurquhart Hall) in Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire, on the 20th of September 2023.

The exhibition evolved because 2 Grants have just finished books about their ancestors from the Glen. Gail is an Australian and her husband is a descendant of a Grant called "The Swordsman." Chris Grant is in the process of finishing a book about his ancestors and is a very proud descendant of Old Shewglie, who passed away in London after the Battle of Culloden. Gail is coming to Scotland to take part in the exhibition and promote her book, “From Glen to Gold,” about the emigration of her husband’s family from the Glen, while Chris partially focuses on the Battle of Culloden and its aftermath, in “The Grants of Shewglie: The Story of a Jacobite Family from the Lordship of Urquhart.” Mr. Mcckell and Katharine Stewart were both teachers in Glenurquhart Senior Secondary School, now Glenurquhart High School, where the former was also a headmaster. Many pupils have gone on to study in universities and work in Scottish, British, or world-wide organisations. Dr. William Mackay wrote extensively about the history of Urquhart and Glenmoriston and has had a huge influence on later authors. Duncan MacDonald is a local historian with vast knowledge about the area’s history.

Glen people have had a huge impact on the wider world, including M.P.s in the UK, directors of the East India Company, and academics and authors in various universities. It would take a book to even scratch the surface of what Glen people have achieved and the influence they have had.

Gail's husband's family produced statesmen in Australia, and there are connections with British M.P.s in the UK for other Glen people. Some of the worthies include Charles Grant, Director of the East India Company, James Grant in Texas and Mexico and the Battle of Alamo, Reverend Principal Emeritus Clem Graham, a moderator of the Free Church, and Professor Peter English in Aberdeen University, to name a few. From Abriachan we have Donnie Riddell, Molly Hunter, Jessie Kesson, and Katharine Stewart.

Many Americans, Australians, Kiwis, South Africans, Canadians, and other nationalities with links to the Glens are very proud of their Scottish heritage. As you can see, some of the worthies are from the past, but we also have outstanding people producing work at the present time, including Rob Sutherland, the teams at Highlands Rewilding in Bunloit and Corrimony Farm, Marj Tait, all the artists, crafters, authors, musicians, et al who live in the two communities, James McComas, and Darroch Bratt.

"'I have,' said the late Mr. Charles Grant of Hazel Brae, to the Author (Dr. William Mackay), 'in my day travelled much. I have visited many remote parts of Asia and Africa, but I have never been in a place where I did not

meet another Glen-Urquhart man. It is said that when the North Pole is discovered, a Scotsman will be found sitting on it. I verily believe that that Scotsman will be from Glen-Urquhart!' At present Urquhart men are scattered over North and South America, India, China, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand; and in Nova Scotia there has existed for more than a century a community which consists almost exclusively of natives of the Glen or their descendants—the Urquhart Settlement in the County of Pictou." MacKay, W. (1893) Urquhart and Glenmoriston, page 570. The same might be said of Glen women.

Ian MacDonald was a drover who started his droving journey from his mother’s croft above Balmacaan, and at one point is up in Court in Buenos Aires in Argentina. The Judge asks him where he is from, and he replies “Glenurquhart.” The Judge says: “So am I” and all goes well for Ian.

Whether we believe in her existence or not, Nessie is our most famous daughter, and she has had an enormous effect on the Glen and surrounding areas, the Highlands, and indeed Scotland. She has brought immeasurable wealth to the area since so many tourists and locals come to Loch Ness in the hope of seeing her.

People who can’t attend but would have exhibited can provide books, for example, to display on the local table(s). If you have any, could you let me know so I can make a list of what will be displayed? I will work on the list by the end of July.

Spelling

The spelling of Glenurquhart is inconsistent because there are sometimes alternate spellings of names and indeed Glenurquhart itself is a prime example, e. g. Glenurquhart, Glen Urquhart, GlenUrquhart, and even Glen-Urquhart. We have Glenurquhart Primary School, yet Glen Urquhart Senior School, so how it is spelt seems to be a matter of personal choice.

Contact Information and Links

https://www.facebook.com/Celebrating.the.Glen

https://www.scoop.it/topic/loch-ness-monster

https://www.facebook.com/Celebrating.the.Glen

dottuta@gmail.com

Dot MacKenzie 1/8/2023

Abriachan

Thomas MacDonald, The Abriachan Bard ,

https://digital.nls.uk/early-gaelic-book-collections/archive/80460509

https://digital.nls.uk/early-gaelic-book-collections/archive/80461421

https://digital.nls.uk/early-gaelic-book-collections/archive/80461433

https://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macdonald/macdonaldbardsfr00macd.pdf

Mairi A. MacDonald, writer, Gaelic scholar, historian, and aide and secretary to her father, Alexander MacDonald, author of ‘Story and Song from Loch Ness-side.’ Her mother was from a family of pipers in Abriachan.

https://highcouncilofclandonald.com/magazine/the-songs-of-lochness-side-by-mairi-m-macdonald/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0862280435/ref=olp-opf-redir?aod=1

Eona K. Macnicol, teacher, minister's wife, and author. Both her parents were from Abriachan and her book of short stories ‘The Hallowe'en Hero' is set in the area.

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1869335.Eona_K_MacNicol Mollie Hunter (Maureen McIlwraith,) historian and writer of many books. One of her best-known children's books ‘The Kelpie's Pearls' is set in Abriachan. She lived in Milton, Glenurquhart.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-mollie-hunter-writer-90-1614730

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=mollie+hunter&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss

Katharine Jeanne Stewart, crofter, teacher, and writer. Came to Abriachan in 1950 and wrote extensively about Abriachan and its history, and the area around Loch Ness. Taught at Inverness High School and Glenurquhart Senior Secondary School.

https://birlinn.co.uk/contributor/katharine-stewart/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13100007.katharine-stewart/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13100007.katharine-stewart/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1002894.

A_Sound_of_Chariot

Jessie Grant Kesson, writer of books, poetry, radio scripts, and plays. She spent a formative year in Abriachan in her late teens and married a young man from Abriachan.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/14790302.celebrating-life-work-jessie-kesson/ https://www.moniackmhor.org.uk/writers/awards-residencies/jessie-kesson-fellowship/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312020/

https://asls.org.uk/jessie-kesson-writing-her-self/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jessie-Kesson-Writing-Her-Life/dp/0862419999

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/k/jessiekesson.html

Mairi Mcfadyen, independent freelancer and creative collaborator working across the interlinked roles of educator, writer, facilitator, producer, ethnologist, and fieldworker. Her work engages with themes connecting across folk culture, heritage, land, environment, ecology, climate justice, degrowth and hopeful futures.

http://www.mairimcfadyen.scot/

Raghnaid Sandilands, creative ethnologist, Gaelic translator, map maker and small press publisher based in Strathnairn on the south side of Loch Ness. Involved in initiating the ‘Farr Conversations’ talk series in 2013 aiming to ‘oil the wheel of engagement with issues affecting Scotland by hosting lively nights in one Highland hall.’ Runs the local Fèis Farr and is involved with Fearnag Growers - Lios na Feàrnaig, a community-run allotment project which offers talks and creative workshops for the local community.

https://www.raghnaidsandilands.scot/

Fraser MacDonald, researcher and university lecturer.

http://www.frasermacdonald.com/

https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/fraser-macdonald

Maisie Steven, writer, historian, dietician, nutritionist, and lecturer. Brought up in Glenurquhart. Her family includes the authors Campbell Steven and Ken Steven.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parish-Life-Eighteenth-Century-Scotland-Statistical/dp/1898218285

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maisie-Steven/e/B001JOXDTQ%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Campbell Steven, author, and writer for the ‘Scottish Field.’

https://www.waterstones.com/book/enjoying-perthshire/campbell-steven/9780905452173

https://www.waterstones.com/books/search/term/campbell+steven/page/1#p_798847

Kenneth Steven, author of novels and short fiction, and poet. He also writes features on the wildscape of Scotland.

https://paracletepress.com/products/iona?_pos=1&_sid=9e7ef3ff0&_ss=r

He is the author of many books which may be viewed in https://kennethsteven.co.uk/.

Mollie Hunter (Maureen McIlwraith,) historian and writer of many books. One of her best-known children's books ‘The Kelpie's Pearls' is set in Abriachan. Lived in Milton, Glenurquhart.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-mollie-hunter-writer-90-1614730

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=mollie+hunter&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss

Glenurquhart and Beyond

Ghillies Restaurant & Glenurquhart House Hotel

https://glenurquharthouse.co.uk/

Chris Grant, author, historian.

The Grants of Shewglie: The Story of a Jacobite Family from the Lordship of Urquhart by Chris Grant

“Cuimhnich air na daoin’e d’ thainig thu’/Remember the men from whom you have come.”

Cnochan Burraidh, the Grant cemetery beside the schools in Drumnadrochit.

https://www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk/learning/heritage-hero-awards/the-history-of-cnochanburraidh-a-preschool-adventure/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qutASHIGM

Dot MacKenzie, author, editor, and lecturer.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/A82A9-Loch-Ness-Online-MacKenzie-ebook/dp/B082ZST4GP

Includes list of authors, photographers, artists, and others who have connections with the Glen & surrounding areas.

https://www.scoop.it/u/dot-mackenzie

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?

k=d+a+mackenzie+treasures&i=stripbooks&crid=WJYDXX4E4KU7&sprefix=d+a+mackenzie+treasures %2Cstripbooks%2C80&ref=nb_sb_noss

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CBQPZZF3

https://www.scoop.it/topic/loch-ness-monster

Loch Ness Investigation

The Loch Ness Investigation takes its name from the expeditions which ran from 1962 to 1972 and which were organised by David James. The parent organisation was “Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau” or “LNIPIB,” which shortened its name to the “Loch Ness Investigation Bureau,” or “LNIB.”

http://www.lochnessinvestigation.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/470765477828717/user/100000845046127/

https://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com/2022/10/loch-ness-investigation-and-loch-ness.html

Loch Ness Exploration (LNE) is an independent, voluntary research team based in Scotland. Its purpose is to observe, record and study the natural behaviour of the Loch and phenomena that may be more challenging to explain.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/470765477828717

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxmh4yMoW7HnBr3huDrjdw

The Musical Heritage of Glenmoriston

https://www.the-gathering.co.uk/glen-of-the-bards-gleann-nam-bard/

http://www.glenmoriston.org.uk/Glenmoriston/Bardachd/Gleann%20Nam%20Bard/ List of songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKk632KA5eY&list=PLsPK6bA3scDpchBfSkK8fxJQEemk_c_fJ

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FBacDhWBIYpEMXjRqfP0cJ5PGvWOcNLk

https://www.facebook.com/LochNessFestivalofLight

A.W. MacKenzie, co-owner of The Foodmarket in Drumnadrochit, served on GURCA and other local committees, and county councillor. Prolific photographer from the 1940s onwards.

A.D. MacKenzie

The first Christmas Vehicle Parade ran from Corrimony to Lewiston, ending at the Loch Ness Hub. It was very warmly received by the local community and many vehicles were decorated by local farmers and other members of the public.

William Mackay, author, social historian, and solicitor

http://www.historyandlegends.com/UrquhartandGlenmoriston/ https://archive.org/details/transactionsgae06unkngoog/page/n20/mode/2up

https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/down-memory-lane-gaelic-language-continues-toexperience-fo-241267/

Duncan MacDonald, author, and social historian. Has many articles published in Glenurquhart Bulletins.

Gail Grant, author, and qualified interior designer, working with fabrics.

https://www.amazon.com.au/GLEN-GOLD-Pioneering-Grants-ebook/dp/B0C6SNYD4J

https://cqtoday.com.au/news/2023/01/20/library-hosts-author-talks/

Author, poet.

Isabel Grant, teacher, and author. She wrote books placed in trains for travellers in Britain and won awards in Britain and Australia for her writing. She was born in Milton, Glenurquhart, before emigrating to Australia with her family.

https://australianwomenwriters.com/2022/05/reputed-authoress-isabel-grant/

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/151679825

https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/advanced/category/newspapers?keyword=isabel%20grant

https://www.amazon.com.au/GLEN-GOLD-Pioneering-Grants-ebook/dp/B0C6SNYD4J

https://cqtoday.com.au/news/2023/01/20/library-hosts-author-talks/

Glenurquhart Heritage Group preserves the history of the area. Lectures and presentations are held during the year.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/177213439525010

Glenurquhart Bulletin. The Bulletin is published annually with information about Glenurquhart and beyond. It has been printed and published since the early 1950s and is edited by Fraser Mackenzie and Una Urquhart. Back copies are available in Craigmonie Library, Drumnadrochit, and it is usually first sold during Games Day in the Glen.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edge-Each-Rough-Region-Community/dp/B0B1F39W52

Alison Scott Skelton, author, and social historian. Her husband, Clem, was also a very prolific writer.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Abigail-Clements/e/B003ZO60PM

https://www.amazon.co.uk/C.-L.-Skelton/e/B001KHJ4RC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alison-Scott-Skelton/e/B000AP9FPQ

https://www.wyndhambooks.com/cl-skelton/

A Murderous Innocence

A World Full of Secrets

Samantha Farmer, a textile artist, produces naturally dyed, hand spun, handcrafted textile goods from the Scottish Highlands, and is using local plants to dye wool.

Reverend Dr. Adrian Varwell, author, and minister.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088943552128

https://www.instagram.com/highlandmagic.fibrearts/?igshid=MjEwN2IyYWYwYw%3D%3D

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/5932060/loch-ness-urquhart-bay-himalayanbalsam-gin-knitting/

The current Drumnadrochit Piping Society has been in existence since 1961, to support and encourage piping in Glenurquhart. Major Hugo MacDonald-Haig taught young pipers in Milton.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8566756/Major-Hugo-Macdonald-Haig.html

https://www.facebook.com/people/Drumnadrochit-Piping-Society/100071283000418/

https://issuu.com/dottuta/docs/drumnadrochit-piping-society.docx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1olol8Ns678

Anne Reitzug, educator and author.

Anne lives in Lewiston with her husband, Henry. https://www.mercymagnified.com/blog/orkney-musings

Dr. Henry Reitzug, doctor, and author.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seasons-Sojourners-Doctors-Refugees-Outcasts/dp/1457553899

Jane Frere, artist.

https://janefrere.info/ https://druimarts.com/

https://janefrere.info/nakbah-project-return-of-the-soul/

https://www.scotsman.com/news/a-nightmare-of-shattered-lives-2452719

https://composers-uk.com/davidward/chamber/

Writer, pioneering rock climber, and mountaineer

https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/loch-ness-climber-richard-freres-1938-book-looks-to-inspire311258/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richard-Frere/e/B001KECYMC

https://treesforlife.org.uk/groves/429806/

https://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~sfreer/ricfrere.htm

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tony%20Harmsworth/author/B004IA27KY

https://www.harmsworth.net/

https://www.highlandsrewilding.co.uk/

Professor Peter English, professor of animal science and husbandry, author, social historian, and shinty player.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_English#bodyContent

https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/professor-peter-english-2444264

https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/21657/

http://keepingoutofthed.blogspot.com/2009/01/glen-shinty-mourns-passing-of-peter.html

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ked1/genealogy/Glenpeople3.html

Peter R. English: The Sow - Improving Her Efficiency (Ipswich: Farming Press, 1977) ISBN 9780852360811

Glen Urquhart: Its Places, People, Neighbours and Its Shinty in the Last 100 Years and More (Aberdeen: Arnisdale, 1985) OCLC 13398228

The Growing and Finishing Pig [et al.] (Ipswich: Farming Press, 1988) ISBN 9780852361382

Stockmanship: Improving the Care of the Pig and Other Livestock [et al.] (Ipswich: Farming Press, 1992) ISBN 9780852362365

Arnisdale and Loch Hourn: The Clachans, People, Memories and the Future (Arnisdale and Loch Hourn Community Council, 2000) ISBN 9780953969609

A Bridge to the Past: An Oral History of Families of Upper GlenUrquhart (Inverness : Speedprint, 2009) ISBN 9780956454904

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_English

https://www.grantownmuseum.co.uk/

Caroline, Duchess of Seafield, owned Balmacaan Estate. Grant families established Grantown on Spey, and Lewiston and Milton in Glenurquhart, and had very close connections with Glenurquhart and Glenmoriston.

Wayward Spirit/Rob Sutherland, a Gothic, guitar wielding, mountain biking, motorbiking photographer living in the Highlands of Scotland.

https://www.facebook.com/rob.sutherland2

https://www.facebook.com/WaywardSpiritAdventures

https://www.waywardspirit.com/

Graeme MacKenzie/Highland Roots, genealogist, author, and social historian.

MacMillans of Glenurquhart, with maps

http://www.highlandroots.org/Publications.htm

Long list of publications

http://www.highlandroots.org/A%20N%20H%20of%20Clan%20MacMillan%20-%20Brief %20Publication%20Info.pdf

https://www.clanmacmillan.org/pages/history.html

Clan MacMillan website

Groam House is an award-winning, independent museum in the seaside village of Rosemarkie on the Black Isle. In addition to the Rosemarkie cross-slab and other Pictish sculpted stones, Groam House Museum cares for the collection of Celtic Art teacher George Bain (1881-1968). He was an inspiration for all lovers of Celtic design and his collection is now officially recognised as being of National Significance.

https://groamhouse.org.uk/

George Bain/Celtic Artist, who would have liked to have developed an art college in what is now the Benleva Hotel in Drumnadrochit.

https://artuk.org/discover/artists/bain-george-18811968

https://georgebain.groamhouse.org.uk/

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/search/keyword:george-bain--referrer:global-search/page/2

https://groam-house-museum.arttickets.org.uk/?t=1690736369110

https://groamhouse.org.uk/george-bain-and-the-world-water-speed-record

Ablekids and Pauline MacKay

Ablekids Press is a children's publisher and bookseller based in Inverness, with roots in

Glenurquhart. It specialises in languages with a selection of bilingual and Scottish Gaelic books. www.ablekidspress.com.

https://www.ablekidspress.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=19

Darroch works on archaeological surveys and is a specialist in the heritage and archaeology of whisky distilling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSGg2egTZ7s

https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/centre-for-history/study-with-us/pgr/ darroch-bratt/

https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue61/3/index.html

https://pureadmin.uhi.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/43310388/Darroch_Bratt_thesis.pdf

Marj Tait, artist

https://www.highlandcelticart.co.uk/

https://www.redbubble.com/people/marjorytait/shop

https://www.kpriceart.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/Drumfarmgallerygiftshop/

K Price Art/Drum Farm Gallery Gift Shop

Laura Guthrie, author, artist, musician

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Laura-Guthrie/e/B08C6Y38S1?

ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1690576264&sr=1-1

https://www.cranachanpublishing.co.uk/laura-guthrie/ https://www.cranachanpublishing.co.uk/product/anna/#:~:text=Thirteen%2Dyear%2Dold %20Anna%20has,in%20this%20life%2Daffirming%20debut

Volunteer and/or visit the Galapagos Islands

A. Conservation

Projects Galapagos works with the Galapagos National Park and:

1. Feeds giant tortoises at the Giant Tortoise Breeding Centre in the Highlands

2. Grows and cuts Otoy plants for feeding the giant tortoises

3. Cleans the giant tortoises’ pens in the Breeding Centre

4. Monitors sea lions, iguanas and petrels and send reports to the GNP

5. Conducts ocean clean ups on beaches and other areas on the island

6. Paints murals relating to conservation, e. g. at different areas of the town

B. Education Projects

1. Summer Camp

It runs a summer camp for children from the local community every year, by providing activities relating to the importance of recycling and conservation, along with sports, arts and English.

2. English and Conservation

This programme runs all year round during the school year in the afternoon, as an extra activity. The. students all attend government schools in the morning. It teaches English with a focus on conservation. Students are aged from 7 to about 17 years and there are approximately 100 students per semester. These courses run in the environmental community centre.

C. Community Projects

Community projects can be arranged so that volunteers work in local schools and kindergartens and meet the local community. Volunteers provide assistance to teachers during the school classes, tidy up spaces, paint and maintain playgrounds and also paint murals around town.

https://www.projectsgalapagos.org/

https://issuu.com/projectsgalapagos/docs/projects_galapagos_1_aug_2018.pptx

https://www.projects-abroad.co.uk/volunteer-ecuador/

https://issuu.com/dottuta/docs/representative_achievements

Passive Rebellion, Artist & Author.

https://www.house-of-art.co.uk/home3f1e8d7f

Adrian Shine, author, researcher, and exhibition designer.

https://lochnessproject.org/

Maralyn Shine/digital Creative

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/author/maralyn-shine/

Interesting Links

Abriachan Wood Walking Map

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/media/50520/abriachan-wood-walking-map.pdf

Alexander MacDonald - Bard of the Gaelic Enlightenment

https://www.academia.edu/42302418/Alexander_MacDonald_Bard_of_the_Gaelic_Enlightenment_

Alexander MacDonald – Story and Song from Loch Ness-side

https://archive.org/details/transactionsgae06unkngoog/page/n200/mode/2up

https://highcouncilofclandonald.com/magazine/the-songs-of-lochness-side-by-mairi-m-macdonald/ https://www.ambaile.org.uk/search/?searchQuery=glenurquhart

Highland History & Culture – Glenurquhart

https://www.ambaile.org.uk/search/?searchQuery=abriachan

Abriachan

Andrew Mackenzie, artist

https://artuk.org/discover/artists/mackenzie-andrew-b-1969

https://www.facebook.com/andrewmackenzieartiststudio

https://www.facebook.com/FenellaRossPrintmaker

https://www.blackwaterprintstudio.com/

Calum Maclean Project

https://www.calum-maclean-project.celtscot.ed.ac.uk/resources/publications/ Coming Home WWI Exhibition

https://cominghomeww1.tumblr.com/

https://corrimonyfarm.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/lochnesspumpkins/

https://ia600200.us.archive.org/11/items/acalendarofscott00barruoft/ acalendarofscott00barruoft_bw.pdf

Dr. Elizabeth Ritchie

https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/centre-for-history/community/staff/dr-elizabethritchie/

Donnie Riddell

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=donnie+riddell

Drumnadrochit

https://theappendix.net/issues/2013/4/local-history-drumnadrochit-scotland

Duncan Chisholm

https://www.duncanchisholm.com/product/affric-cd/ https://www.duncanchisholm.com/product/the-strathglass-trilogy-triplecd/

Emma Wood: The Hydro Boys

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hydro-Boys-Pioneers-Renewable-Energy/dp/1842820168

Fandabi Dozi Wilderness Adventures

https://www.tomlanghorne.com/

Forestry Memories

https://www.forestry-memories.org.uk/list.asp?field=groups&crit=30

https://www.gsi.org.uk/

https://archive.org/details/transactionsgae06unkngoog/mode/2up https://www.gsi.org.uk/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-Mysterious-Loch-Ness-Inverness/dp/0752444859

https://archive.org/details/highlandbridges0000nels

Glenurquhart Rural Community Association

Fifty Years A-Growing 1949 – 1999

Glenurquhart Tweed and Information about Weaving https://www.shaunonthetyne.co.uk/sculptures/ https://www.bondsuits.com/breaking-down-the-glen-urquhart-check/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_plaid

Duncan MacDonald has a description about it in “Reflections on Glenurquhart and Beyond,” chapter 13. “Developments in Glenurquhart,” has information about designing Glenurquhart tweed

Good Sir James

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Sir-James-G-Fraser/dp/1906775303

Guthrie Hutton

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-caledonian-canal/guthrie-hutton/9781840330335

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Caledonian-Monster-Canal-Guthrie-Hutton/dp/1840334509

https://friendsofguisachan.org/main/guisachan-history/

https://friendsofguisachan.org/FOG-shop/product/the-golden-era/ https://openlibrary.org/books/OL21699072M/A_history_of_Guisachan

https://www.thedicamillo.com/house/guisachan-house-guisachan/

Hebridean Books

https://www.facebook.com/hebrideanbooks/photos_by Second-hand books about Scotland, & the Highlands & Islands, Gaelic, football, and sport. Highland Glens

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ked1/genealogy/Glen1.html

Ian Grant, author of “The Life and Travels of Ian (John) MacDonald .”

http://www.glenmoriston.org.uk/Glenmoriston/Miscellaneous/The%20Life%20And%20Travels%20Of %20John%20MacDonald/

John Fowler

https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-season-in-strathglass/john-fowler/9781780271576

https://johnlisterkaye.com/books/ https://www.aigas.co.uk/

Keith MacDonald/The MacDonald Bards

https://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macdonald/macdonaldbardsfr00macd.pdf

Dr. Kenneth Somerled MacDonald

https://whowaswho-indology.info/3937/macdonald-kenneth-somerled/ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_Indian_Biography/ Macdonald,_Kenneth_Somerled,_Rev._Dr.

Kevin Grant

"And in Every Hamlet a Poet; Gaelic Oral Tradition and Postmedieval Archaeology in Scotland"

https://www.academia.edu/7387511/

_And_in_Every_Hamlet_a_Poet_Gaelic_Oral_Tradition_and_Postmedieval_Archaeology_in_Scotland_

Links

https://www.scoop.it/topic/loch-ness-monster?q=abriachan

Listed Buildings in Urquhart & Glenmoriston

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_listed_buildings_in_Urquhart_and_Glenmoriston

Loch Ness Monster

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-american-dan-taylor-28-in-his-mini-submarine-which-he-and-othermembers-108258782.html

Loch Ness Rocks

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15C8T6eP1pfrCYPtmqNdTvX_5lkm8KwfC-QJXq5Q-5kg/edit

Mona & William MacMillanh

https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/9843

Moriston Matters

http://www.glenmoriston.org.uk/Glenmoriston/Moriston%20Matters/

Peter Grant

Ian MacDonald from Glenurquhart & The Maid of Drumnadrochit – out of print

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-drums-of-drumnadrochit/peter-gray/9780957266834

Place Names of Inverness & Surrounding Area

https://www.nature.scot/doc/place-names-inverness-and-surrounding-area

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?

mid=19dw8nICfJD0C0PpV6Vr9xK4eY177I2w1&ll=57.46183131045412%2C-4.218033499999989&z=10

Professor Sinclair Gair

https://www.waterstones.com/author/sinclair-gair/5005202

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37274651400

https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/S-Gair-6822979

2 Highland Fiddlers + 2

Remote & Rural Medicines

https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/remoteandruralremedies/

Roland Watson

https://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com/2022/10/loch-ness-investigation-and-loch-ness.html

Ross Little

https://rosslittle.bandcamp.com/album/corrimony

https://atthebarrier.com/2023/01/12/ross-little-corrimony-ep-review/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbOYavon-hI

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ross+little+corrimony

Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh

https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage

Scottish Place Names

https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/inverness-shire-os-namebooks-1876-1878

Simon Taylor with Ronald Maclean & Jacob King. Photographs by May MacDonald

Sir Alexander Grant, inventor of digestive biscuits, and philanthropist

http://www.nzgrantfamilygenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I179&tree=Grant

Steve Feltham

https://www.facebook.com/groups/141086595460/? multi_permalinks=10167844573145461%2C10167843959370461&notif_id=1690713116852020&notif_t=g roup_highlights&ref=notif

Tavish MacMillan

Featured in “Developments in Glenurquhart,” edited by D. MacKenzie Articles in “Glenurquhart Bulletins.”

The Highlander and Scottish Life Magazine

https://www.scotlandmag.com/welcome-the-highlander-scottish-life/ Victor Perera

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loch-Ness-monster-watchers-chapbook/dp/0912264926

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Perera_(writer)

William Grant Scottish National Dictionary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Dictionary

https://archive.org/details/scottishnational0005will

William Owen: Glenmoriston Places of Interest by William Owen

http://www.glenmoriston.org.uk/Glenmoriston/Miscellaneous/Places%20Of%20Interest/ Woodland Trust

Abriachan

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/abriachan-wood/ Balmacaan Woods

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/balmacaan/ Corrimony

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/corrimony/