Comment posted Argyll and the Isles Secrets Collection: The Brainport Alignment by Lowry.
It’s now on my ‘bucket list’ too.
Recent comments by Lowry
- First Minister’s choice not to condemn mob behaviour proves Farage point
“wee lassies, one of whom was in a wheelchair. Very threatening.”I’m not too sure which way to take this. Is there a hint of discrimination here? Are you suggesting they were less abusive because of their gender / disability? Or are you saying that you personally find men more threatening?
From my point of view, anyone who hurls abuse as shown on the TV, is a thug.
- First Minister’s choice not to condemn mob behaviour proves Farage point
Yes – the local bullying was reported to the police.The Pitlochry information was given to me by someone with first hand experience.
The drip, drip issue is one of the facts. Gradually the sad tale of SNP tactics is beginning to be realised.
- First Minister’s choice not to condemn mob behaviour proves Farage point
“Mr Farage has also said, not without foundation, that this dark side of Scottish nationalism and of the SNP is a matter people are afraid to talk about – the fear itself being proof of the problem.”Absolutely. In my experience there has always been bullying of those who do not agree with the SNP and with serious anti-English sentiment. During the last local election some folk were threatened in Oban by SNP bullies and I also heard that there were similar problems in Pitlochry. The independence debate is exposing the SNP for what they truly are and I, for one, will be very glad when it’s over.
- James Robb, as the cordite clears
Quite! The problem is that people have such short memories; as soon as the next administration has to make difficult choices there will be the usual group claiming that the SNP would perform much better, having ‘forgotten’ the recent fiasco. - Amazon given government grants
Aren’t there plans for an Amazon warehouse in Scotland? If so, what’s the SNP’s proposed policy for such an organisation?
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This is the sort of article that makes FA a gem,
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Great stuff.
Its on my “to do” list
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It’s now on my ‘bucket list’ too.
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Wonderful, insightful article. I have lived in Argyll for over 20 years and did not know of this secret place until now. Many thanks FA
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Credit is due to Colonel Peter Fane-Gladwin, who lived at Braigh Varr near the top of Minard Hill, and who in the 1970s first realised the importance of this alignment, lost in thick forest. In the 1960s he had previously discovered the site of the lost milecastle 64 on Hadrian’s Wall (near where the present day M6 crosses the line of it). Not bad for someone who wasn’t an archaeologist.
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This is quite stunning – and great to see on the record.
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Absolutely Excellent….more ! more ! more !
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great article
is that a 2 1/4 mile round trip or one way? I am coming over this summer and building my list of places to see.
cant wait to see Argyll again.
George Young from Seattle USA
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Yes it is, George – but its a 2 1/4 miles that rewards a lot of time.
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George Young – 2 1/4 miles would take you to the calendrical site, there and back, from Minard. But there is such a network of paths that you could easily double that distance. One detour I would recommend would be to Oakbank, which overlooks Brainport Bay. So take a camera, and a picnic lunch, and make a day of it.
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I was brought up in the area – Tullochgorm to be exact – and Brainport was within easy strolling distance. It was the place we used to go “dookin’” and little did we suspect the ancient connections.
The path along the shore from Woodhouse was a popular Sabbath afternoon’s walk, and wild strawberries could be picked at the Black Quarry which was en route. It was near the Black Quarry that the body of Murdy Fletcher was found in the mid thirties. He had earned the Military Cross in WW1 and was a fisherman on one of the boats out of Minard.(It may have been a suicide.)
On the southerly arm of Brainport lay the wreck of the “Lily” -an outdated fishing smack which had a folding propeller, so she was obviously from the sailing era. The remains are possibly still there if one cares to look.
The area between Brainport and the “Castle Avenue” was known as “The Pheasantry”, no doubt where “the toffs” came to shoot pheasants in the early days of the Castle. Up till the mid nineteen hundreds the castle was the the balliewick of the Lloyd family, as was Braigh Bharr and Woodhouse.
It was a great place for any youngster to grow up and I still thank God for giving me the privilege of spending my childhood in the area.
Hope the above may be of interest.
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