Gairloch Burial Ground

Attribution: unknown (Rifle target butts at Gairloch)

Old Churchyard, Gairloch


Situated near golf course and adjoining public car park. The pre-Reformation church of Gairloch, which stood in the burial ground, was dedicated to St. Maelrubha.

Old churchyard and chapel, Gairloch.
Old Churchyard, Gairloch

Attribution: unknown

New churchyard, Gairloch

New churchyard, Gairloch (situated beside the Church of Scotland).

New churchyard, Gairloch

Attribution: unknown

William Ross Memorial Stone

Known as “The Gairloch Bard”, born Broadford, Skye in 1762. The monument was erected in 1850. The monument bears inscriptions in Gaelic and English. He died in 1790, aged 28 years.

William Ross Memorial Stone

Attribution: unknown

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Gairloch » Gairloch Folk
Gairloch War Memorial
Gairloch War Memorial
Cas Crom
Cas Crom
The photo is of a crofter using a cas crom (peat cutter) in the Gairloch area
Mrs. Bella Macrae
Mrs. Bella Macrae
Mrs. Bella Macrae, Gairloch
Miss Maggie MacKenzie
Miss Maggie MacKenzie
Miss Maggie MacKenzie (Maggie Tearooms)
Minister
Minister
RCHS has no information about the above photo except that they came from an album dated 1908. The sender thought the album may have been compiled by the minister, pictured, to commemorate a visit to Wester Ross

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