Glengorm Castle
Glengorm Castle , also known as Castle Sorn , is a country house about 6 km northwest of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull in the Scottish administrative unit Argyll and Bute . Historic Scotland has listed the 19th century house as a Category B Historic Building.
The Mishnish property was bought by James Forsyth of Quinish in 1856. He had the existing Sorne settlement demolished to make way for the new house, which was completed in 1860. The house was designed by Kinnear and Peddie in Scottish Baronial Style. Today it serves as a guest house and wedding hall; a café and a shop are housed in the former stables. The country house is located on a headland over the Atlantic . On a clear day you can see the Outer Hebrides and the islands of Uist , Rùm and Canna from home .
James Forsyth was a well-hated character on the island. He drove the local population out of the area through harassment and constant pressure. An old woman had a title for her land that Forsyth simply took away from her and threw into the fire; he told her she had a week to leave. When he returned, he met the woman and a local official who had the original of the title. Forsyth, foaming with rage, decided to fence in her land so that she couldn't leave it and go shopping. But the woman endured it very well there; It is said that men climbed the nearby cliffs and brought their supplies. When Forsyth was building the country house, another old woman told him he would never live there. He died just before Glengorm Castle was completed. During construction, Forsyth asked another old woman what to call his great new house. She suggested the name "Glengorm" and he did not understand that it meant "blue smoke," a reference to the peat smoke that would no longer rise from the homes of those whom it had made homeless. Many of the displaced moved to Tobermory to find work.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
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- Mull, Glengorm Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
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Coordinates: 56 ° 38 ′ 12.5 " N , 6 ° 10 ′ 38.3" W.