Monthly Archives: October 2013

Mortsafes and Body Snatchers

We left Fortingall and headed off to find the village of Logierait: Lag-an-rath, ` hollow of the castle ‘. We were looking for the Logierait Parish Church in order to see the cages over the graves called mortsafes.  Logierait sits where the rivers Tay … Continue reading

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The Fortingall Yew

We left Killan and continued along the A827, basically following the northern shore of Loch Tay. We stopped at a crofter shop on the side of the road where a man sold his carvings from elk and cow horns.  He did some … Continue reading

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Stones in the Mill

We wound our way through the Breadalbane (Gaidhlig: Bràghad Albainn, “the upper part of Alba”, Alba being the Gaidhlig–Scots Gaelic—for Scotland) north from Ballaquhidder and in just a few miles we were driving in to the small town of Killan. There, the A827 winds … Continue reading

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