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Rankin (Fort William | Inverness-shire)

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Story about a dispute over a march at Meall a Bhogaire, 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/167
Scope and Contents

Story probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra GhĂ idheal/Argyllshire, about a dispute over a march at Meall a Bhogaire between the Stewarts and Glencoe, in which a MacFhraing [Rankin] is shot by a Stewart through a cleft in the rock and the Glencoe men fled and never came back. The rock is known as 'Clach Mhic Fhraing'.

Dates: 1883

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  • Subject: Disputes X