Davaar Island
Davaar Island and ‘The Painting’… The Famous Davaar Island Cave Painting of Jesus on the Cross. Painted in 1887 by local teacher Archibald MacKinnon. The work was carried out completely in secret by the teacher after he had a dream telling him where to paint it. It couldn’t have been easy for Archie as he […] Read More
H.M.S. Landrail – RNAS Machrihanish.
HMS Landrail RNAS Machrihanish… RAF Machrihanish, now a community owned and mothballed RAF base and Commercial Airfield servicing Campbeltown and surrounding areas, was once known as HMS Landrail, Royal Naval Air Station Machrihanish. Deck Landing School.Machrihanish was established as a naval air station in 1916, operating maritime patrol aircraft and airships until 1918. A new […] Read More
A wee drive from Campbeltown to Tarbert
A wee drive from Campbeltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland to Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland. Video by Machrihanish Online Recorded 15th August 2014 Join us on facebook: www.facebook.com/machrihanishonline Follow Us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/machrihanish Read More
BRS Transport link from Glasgow to Campbeltown in the 1950’s
A fascinating look back at the BRS Transport link from Glasgow to Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. 1950’s Amazing to see how some things change while others stay the same 🙂 Copyright British Transport Films. Read More
Wind and Rain, Carradale
Wind and Rain, Carradale. By William McTaggart – 1883 One of the finest painters Scotland has produced. Read More
Calling all Professional Scotsmen…
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The Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway Company
The Life and Times of the Canal and Railway: CANAL: 1773 – Campbeltown and Machrihanish Canal Canal surveyed between Machrihanish colliery and Campbeltown. 1783 – Campbeltown and Machrihanish Canal Under construction. 1794 – Campbeltown and Machrihanish Canal Opened. 1875 – Campbeltown and Machrihanish Canal Taken over by the Argyll Coal and Canal Company who intend […] Read More
Campbeltown
Campbeltown – The Wee Toon Campbeltown (in Gaelic: “Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain”) is a town and royal burgh in Argyll, Scotland, located by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Originally known as Kinlochkilkerran (in English: The head of the loch by the kirk of St. Kieran – this form is still used in Gaelic). It […] Read More
McTaggart and Machrihanish
William McTaggart 1835 – 1910 William McTaggart was one of the finest painters Scotland has produced, and an original genius, a pioneer of impressionism before it even had a label. In his early years he taught himself drawing and painting, and already at the age of twelve he was able to earn extra money and […] Read More- 3 of 4
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