Rhue Settlement
The Pre-Historic Settlement At Rhue by Colin Scouller in “A guide to Ullapool” Down A Minor road signposted “Rhue” branches left off the A.835 about 2.5 miles north of Ullapool and after about a quarter of a mile, bends sharply to the right. Most of the settlement, which covers four acres or more, lies on […]
People of Hector
People of Hector The Ship Hector and the people who sailed on her By Henry Beer To see some more photos of the passenger list and ship hector click hereOr visit www.townofpictou.com Down on the shores of Pictou Harbour in Nova Scotia ship builders are painstakingly reconstructing the 18th century ship Hector. In 1773 the […]
Ship Hector
Ship Hector FROM OLD SCOTIA TO NOVA SCOTIA Reported by Andy Mitchell Photo Curtesy of www.townofpictou.com An On a bright June morning in 1773 the old Dutch vessel, Hector was moored in Loch Broom, close to the small settlement of Ullapool, taking onboard a group of people from the Highlands. These people were joining a […]
Landscape
The Loch Broom Landscape By Peter Harrison in “A Guide to Ullapool” The North West Coast has particularly outstanding scenery. The landscape you view today is the result of geologically recent surface processes acting on much more ancient underlying rocks. The oldest rocks to be found in the Lochbroom area are at Corrie and were […]
Archaeology
Archaeology by Cathy Dagg in “A guide to Ullapool” Although people have been living in the Ullapool area since the end of the Ice Age. About 9000 years ago, they have left little evidence to be unearthed by archaeologists. However, there are so few documentary records of life here, even for relatively recent times that […]
Clearances
Clearances Near Ullapool The Clearances in Loch Broom and Coigach An ancient Act of 1585 legally permitted the laird to evict tenants or sub-tenants provided he gave them 40 days notice. If they failed to comply he could bring in troops to evict them. By the end of the 18th Century several of the old […]
Isle Martin
Isle Martin Isle Martin Near Ullapool The Location Isle of Martin is situated at the mouth of Loch Broom, some three miles northwest of Ullapool in Wester Ross. The nearest mainland is less than a mile away at Ardmair. This strategic location has been important in both the commercial and cultural history of the island. […]
Crofting
Past and Present Day Crofting in Ullapool Crofting: History and Present by George Campbell in “A guide to Ullapool” Crofting is a unique form of land tenure, and though there are similarities with other small farming systems throughout Europe, it has no exact replica. The History of Crofting Crofting as we know it today, is […]
Fishing Industry
Fishing Industry in Ullapool Ullapool’s Fishing Industry By Joan Britten Ullapool harbour has long been a focal point of the village for tourists, situated, as it is in the centre of Shore Street and also now the ferry terminal for Stornoway. For over 200 years fishing has played an important role in the economy of […]
Pipe Band
The History of Ullapool and Loch Broom The Ullapool Pipe Band & Highland Dancers Before The Pipe Band Pipe Major Norman Gillies was a soldier serving in the Glasgow-based Light Infantry, while there he earned the reputation of being one of Scotland’s leading pipers. In 1975 during April he was appointed as the first instructor […]