Church And Graveyard On Visit To Trumpan On Vaternish Peninsula Isle of Skye Inner Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the church and graveyard on visit to Trumpan, Scottish Gaelic: Trumpan, a hamlet located on the Vaternish peninsula in the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides. Trumpan church, which is now a ruin, was the focus of a particularly brutal incident in 1578, when the Clan MacDonald of Uist travelled to Trumpan in eight boats and, under cover of a thick mist, burnt alive all the worshipping church goers, with only one member managing to escape. This led to instant retribution by Clan MacLeod who killed all the invaders, before they had time to flee the island. This skirmish is known as the Battle of the Spoiling Dyke. Trumpan churchyard is the burial ground of Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange whose husband had her kidnapped and incarcerated on various Hebridean islands. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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