Cloudy Road Trip Drive With Music To Visit Ardgour Lochaber Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a cloudy road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to the village of Ardgour, Scottish Gaelic: Àird Ghobhar, meaning Height of the goats, in Lochaber Highlands. the Corran Ferry is one of few remaining scheduled mainland vehicle ferries in Scotland. The route crosses Loch Linnhe from Nether Lochaber to Ardgour, at the Corran Narrows, 9 miles south of Fort William. Ardgour has formed part of the territory of the Clan MacLean ever since the MacMasters were removed from the territory in the 15th Century. The current Laird of Ardgour, Robin Maclean, is a MacLean by adoption. He is the nephew of the last hereditary Maclean of Ardgour, a lady Laird, having changed his name by legal action in The Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh. At the instigation of MacDonald of the Isles, the MacMasters were usurped by the Macleans in 1410. A Maclean of Ardgour has been Laird til the current time, Robin Maclean, 18th Laird of Ardgour succeeding his aunt, Catriona Louise Maclean, 17th Laird in 1988. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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