Old Photograph Gravestone Of Cailean Mór Caimbeul Scotland

Old photograph of the gravestone of Cailean Mór Caimbeul in Kilchrenan, Argyll, Scotland. Cailean Mór Caimbeul, also known as Sir Colin Campbell who was killed at Sreang of Lorn, String of Lorne, by the MacDougalls at the " Red Ford ". Gravestone erected by George Douglas Campbell, 6th Duke of Argyll, 28th Baron of Lockow in 1866. Cailean was the son of Gilleasbaig, a knight and lord of the estates of Menstrie and Sauchie in Clackmannanshire. It was first suggested in the 1970s that Cailean's mother was Afraig, a daughter of Cailean mac Dhonnchaidh, the probable father of Niall, Earl of Carrick. Although it has also been suggested that this Afraig was the daughter of Niall himself, there is no doubt that Afraig was of the family of the Gaelic Earls of Carrick. This means that Cailean himself was the cousin of the future king, Robert I of Scotland, which explains why the Campbells were so attached to the Bruce cause during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Cailean himself took part in the Great Cause, and was one of the Bruce representative advocates to King Edward I of England in 1291. By 1296, and perhaps by 1293, Cailean held the position of "Ballie" of Loch Awe and Ardscotnish, a position he was granted either by King John Balliol or Edward I of England. It was this position that made him the enemy of Iain of Lorn, the MacDougall Lord of Lorne. Sometime after September 1296, Cailean was killed by the MacDougalls.



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