Old Photographs Of Kintail North West Highlands Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Kintail, Scottish Gaelic: Cinn Tàile, an area of mountains in the Northwest Highlands. Kintail was originally part of the estates of Clan Mackenzie but by 1793, most all of the inhabitants of Kintail were of the Clan Macrae. Kintail consists of the mountains to the north of Glen Shiel and the A87 road between the heads of Loch Duich and Loch Cluanie. The hills to the north east of Glen Shiel are known as the Five Sisters Of Kintail. According to legend, the five sisters are the oldest of seven sisters, as the youngest two sisters fell in love with two Irish princes who washed ashore during a storm. Their father would only allow them to marry once the older sisters has also been married, and so the princes agreed to send their other five brothers once they had returned to Ireland with their new wives. Although the princes failed to appear, the five sisters continued to wait, eventually turning into mountains to extend their vigil into eternity. The five distinctly pointed summits are Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe, Sgùrr na Càrnach, Sgùrr Fhuaran, Sgùrr nan Saighead and Sgurr na Moraich.A large boulder lying on the steep southwest slopes of Sgùrr na Ciste Duibhe is known as Prince Charlie's Stone, as it the place where Charles Edward Stuart spent a day in the summer of 1746 hiding from government troops. At the time he had a £30,000 bounty on his head after fleeing after the Battle of Culloden.

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