Inverawe Argyllshire Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Story about the attempted murder of Bishop John Carswell's grandson, 1884
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/252
Scope and Contents
Story about the attempted murder of Bishop John Carswell's grandson. Carswell's daughter [Cristiane] was married to [Dougall] Campbell of Inverawe, whose brother, Iain Dubh nan Creach, invited her son and heir [Archibald Campbell] to take part in a Christmas Day hunt in Cruachan [Earra GhĂ idheal/Argyllshire]. At the feast following the hunt, Iain Dubh put spikes and daggers in the son's seat but Macpherson the gillie warned the son not to sit there but eventually his hound did and was cut to...
Dates:
1884