The flamboyant Lady Meux
Lady Valerie Meux was probably one of the most eccentric persons to have stayed in the Kyle of Sutherland area.
Silvia Muras
When the landscape has feelings
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history
and origins of place names around our area
A stream falling into the Einig, a tributary of the Oykel, is called Abhainn Dubhach, the ‘sad or gloomy river’.
Lamentation Hill in Culrain takes its name after Montrose’s defeat in 1650. A
Kyle Chronicle #8
Interview with Inger and Ingerbjorg Smith
We met mother and daughter Inger & Ingerbjorg Smith at their art studio in Tain. They both draw their inspiration from local landscapes and wildlife.
KYLE CHRONICLE: When and why you decided to become an artist?
Inger: I remember drawing when I was really young, maybe 5 years old. It
Kyle Chronicle #7
The archaeology of Loch Migdale
A Bronze Age treasure, an Iron Age crannog, a small henge, a hut circle, cairns... There is evidence of human habitation in the shores of Loch Migdale for more than 4,000 years.
In May 1900, while placing explosives to blast a granite knoll to the west of Loch Migdale,
Birds
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history
and origins of place names around our area
The origin of the place name Gledfield has different explanations, all related to birds of prey. One is that it comes from the Gaelic leth’-chlamhaig, ‘half [strath] of the buzzard’ (William Watson). The