Morvern
Morvern is a peninsula in southwest Lochaber , western Scotland . The name comes from the Gaelic A 'Mhorbhairne (the gap in the sea), as the peninsula is completely surrounded by the sea except for the north, where it borders on Sunart . The highest point is the Creach Bheinn, which reaches 850 meters.
Morvern is about 650 km² and has around 320 inhabitants.
history
Morvern was formerly known as Kinelvadon , which William J. Watson traces back to Cineal Bhaodain , according to the regional name Cenél Báetáin, after Báetán, a possible descendant of Loarn mac Eircs , a legendary Scottish king. The medieval text Senchus fer n-Alban states: "Baotan has twenty houses".
Ardtornish Castle was owned by the MacDonald tribe father Somerled in the 12th century and later by the Lord of the Isles , as mentioned by Walter Scott in a poem of the same name. Today it is a ruin. Kinlochaline Castle was once the seat of the MacInnes clan . It was largely destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's army and rebuilt in 1890 .
Before the Highland Clearances , Morvern's population was about 2,500.
Philip Gaskell tells the story of the 19th century Morvern parish in his book Morvern Transformed . When St. Kilda was evacuated in 1930, some residents were brought to Lochaline , the capital of Morvern.
today
The peninsula is mainly accessed via the A884 , which has only been developed as a single track road and branches off from the A861 at Strontian . Ferries run from Lochaline to the Fishnish Ferry Terminal on the Isle of Mull . Rahoy has a deer farm supported by the Scottish Government Agency for Economic Development in the sparsely populated areas. The Morvern Community Development Company , the local development trust , was founded in 1999. She wants to create better job opportunities, especially for young people, and a wind energy project.
In December 2008, the closure of the Lochaline silica mine was announced, resulting in the loss of 11 jobs.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Highland community faces up to future after mine closure ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Local People Leading , January 28, 2009. Accessed February 5, 2009.
literature
- Philip Gaskell: Morvern Transformed: A Highland Parish in the Nineteenth Century . Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1968.
- Charles Maclean: Island on the Edge of the World. Canongate, Edinburgh 1972.
- WH Murray: The Companion Guide to the West Highlands of Scotland. Collins, London 1977.
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Coordinates: 56 ° 32 ′ 21.3 " N , 5 ° 46 ′ 43" W.