Road Trip Drive With Music To Visit Loch Glencoul In Assynt In Sutherland Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland early Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of a road trip drive on ancestry, genealogy, history visit to Loch Glencoul in Assynt in the Sutherland Highlands. Loch Glencoul widens out from the smaller Loch Beag at the mouth of Glen Coul. Combining with Loch Glendhu at Unapool, the loch opens into Loch Cairnbawn eventually draining into Eddrachillis Bay. This is Clan Mackay country and until the 19th century, Clan Mackay was the predominant family in the area. Clan Mackay, Scottish Gaelic: Clann Mhic Aoidh, is an ancient and once powerful Highland Scottish clan from the far North of the Scottish Highlands, but with roots in the old Kingdom of Moray. They supported King Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century. In the centuries that followed they were anti Jacobite. The territory of the Clan Mackay consisted of the parishes of Farr, Tongue, Durness and Eddrachillis, and was known as Strathnaver, in the north west of the county of Sutherland. However, it was not until 1829 that Strathnaver was considered part of Sutherland when the chief sold his lands to the Earls of Sutherland and the Highland Clearances then had dire consequences for the clan. In the 17th century the Mackay chief's territory had extended to the east to include the parish of Reay in the west of the neighbouring county of Caithness. The chief of the clan is Lord Reay and the lands of Strathnaver later became known as the Reay Country. 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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