The village of Saddell is on the rocky East coast of the long promontory of Kintyre. It is interesting to see on tours of Scotland because of the ruins of Saddell Abbey. This abbey was founded in 1160 by Somerled, Lord of the Isles. It was finished by...
Speculation continues concerning the derivation of the name Gigha (pronounced ‘gee-a’, with a hard ‘g’), but one suggestion is that it comes from old Norse and means ‘Island of God’. To discover for yourself if this is appropriate means taking the ferry from the Kintyre mainland across the Sound...
Cutting through the long tongue on the west coast which comprises Knapdale and Kintyre, the Crinan Canal links the Sound of Jura with Loch Fyne. It enabled ships to reach the Western Isles considerably sooner, and with less threat from the weather, than before: the...