Gairloch Libraries

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Book Library

While building this site we have accumulated a lot of information that we felt was best gathered together in different books.  We hope you will enjoy reading them.

Photographic Library

Over the years we have been very fortunate to have been given access to many historic photographs and permission to display them on the website.  We have now collated them into different albums.  We hope you enjoy viewing in them. 

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Gairloch » Gairloch Places » Gairloch Features
The Shoe Stone (Clach nam Brog)
The Shoe Stone (Clach nam Brog)
The Shoe Stone (Clach nam Brog) Standing by the side of the road to Gairloch from Poolewe, it was so named because women who had walked barefoot over the hills to church at Gairloch, used to stoop at it to put on their shoes and stockings before entering the village.
Alexander MacKenzie Plaque
Alexander MacKenzie Plaque
Alexander MacKenzie Plaque At the top of the jetty is an original store, which has a plaque on it recording the death by drowning of Alexander Mackenzie of Dry Island. He was the grandson of Mr Mackenzie who owned the Curing Station on Dry Island. ("The Cooper").
Aird House
Aird House
John MacKenzie Memorial, Gairloch
John MacKenzie Memorial, Gairloch
John MacKenzie Memorial, Gairloch The memorial, which is situated adjacent to the A835 on its West Side, near to the old burial ground in Gairloch, is in memory of John Mackenzie, piper, poet and author. The inscription reads: "In memory of John Mackenzie who composed and edited "The Beauties of Gaelic Poetry, and also compiled, wrote, translated, or edited, under surpassing difficulties, about thirty other works. In grateful recognition of his valuable services to Celtic literature this monument is erected by a number of his fellow countrymen. 1878."
Flowerdale Barn - Exterior
Flowerdale Barn - Exterior
Flowerdale Barn - Exterior. Built in the year 1730.
Flowerdale Barn - MacKenzie Crest
Flowerdale Barn - MacKenzie Crest
Flowerdale Barn - MacKenzie Crest Coat of arms constructed for Alexander and Janet MacKenzie in 1730, the year of their marriage, and placed over the centre-winnowing door of Flowerdale Barn, also erected that same year. Their initials and date are on the left door lintel.
Flowerdale Barn - MacKenzie Crest
Flowerdale Barn - MacKenzie Crest
Gruinard island
Gruinard island
Gruinard island
Gruinard island
Crash site of Liberator plane
Crash site of Liberator plane
Crash site of Liberator plane (wreckage in foreground).
Liberator Information
Liberator Information
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Gairloch WW1

Gairloch WW1

The photos in this album are from the Ross-shire Journal during the 1914-1918 War. Newspaper copies had been deposited with Dingwall Museum but over the years had become rather fragile and were in danger of disintegrating and so it was felt that this valuable record should not be lost.
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Maclean Alice, Sister, Gairloch
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Gairloch War Memorial

Gairloch War Memorial

The war memorial photographs on this site were originally the work of Mr John W Bruce. He has subsequently developed the website http://www.rosswarmemorials.org.uk which gives much more detail.
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Gairloch War Memorial
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