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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Lochbroom
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
Yes
DisabledAccess
No
OpeningTime1
10am to 5pm
OpeningDate1
31/8/2019
OpeningDate2
1/9/2019
OpeningTime2
11am to 5pm
IsNewThisYear
Yes
ID
Google Panorama ID
18786
Refreshments
Yes
Street
The street address
Clachan
Postcode
IV23 2RZ
Parking
No
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
Yes
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Clachan Church
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
highlandblackislerosscromarty
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
2675
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.86362,-4.261207;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Clachan has been a place of continual worship for 800 years although the current church dates from 1817. It has been at the heart of some of Scotland’s most iconic history.</p><p>Clachans lairds, the Mackenzie’s of Ballone, lost land and fortune fighting for the Stuart Kings. Oliver Cromwell’s and “Butcher” Cumberland’s troops each laid waste to farmland around Clachan Church.</p><p>In 1746 Clachans minister rescued Jacobite prisoners from death and deportation. The Mackenzie monuments can be seen in the graveyard.</p><p>In 1773 emigrants from Lochbroom sailed in the ‘Hector’ to Pictou, Nova Scotia. Communion was held outside the church before they were rowed out to the ship anchored in Loch Broom. The two communities retain strong links to this day.</p><p>The 1820s saw many townships around Clachan cleared to make way for sheep. Clachans then minister, Thomas Ross, allowed those cleared to settle and build new homes on glebe land.</p><p>The Church was purchased by the local community in 2018 and extensive renovations are planned over the next 5 years.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1817