Arran is an archaeological and geological treasure trove of stunning scenic beauty. Its history stretches back to the great stone circles, more than 5,000 years old, whose remnants still decorate the plains of Machrie. Runic inscriptions tell of a Viking occupation lasting centuries. Later, in 1307, King Robert the Bruce began his triumphant comeback from Arran. Subsequently, the island was repeatedly caught up and devastated in the savage dynastic struggles of medieval Scotland. After the 1707 Parliamentary Union, came a new and strange upheaval - unwarlike but equally unsettling: Arran.;Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction and Acknowledgements; Chronology and Currency; 1. Early Times; 2. Human Colonization; 3. The Ancient Monuments (1); 4. The Ancient Monuments (2); 5. The 'Dark Ages'; 6. Myth and Religion; 7. The Early Middle Ages and Arran; 8. Reorganizing the People; 9. Arran in Bruce's Wars; 10. Arran under the Stewart Dynasty; 11. Heads roll: the 'Good Duchess' to the rescue; 12. The Eighteenth Century: Squabbles and Sin; 13. Enclosure, Clearance, Disruption, Famine; 14. Napoleon, the Press Gang, the Smugglers. Cover Title page Copyright page Dedication page Contents List of Illustrations Introduction and Acknowledgements Chronology and Currency 1. Early Times 2. Human Colonization 3. The Ancient Monuments (1) 4. The Ancient Monuments (2) 5. The 'Dark Ages' 6. Myth and Religion 7. The Early Middle Ages and Arran 8. Reorganizing the People 9. Arran in Bruce's Wars 10. Arran under the Stewart Dynasty 11. Heads roll: the 'Good Duchess' to the rescue 12. The Eighteenth Century: Squabbles and Sin 13. Enclosure, Clearance, Disruption, Famine 14. Napoleon, the Press Gang, the Smugglers. 15. Development of Services in Arran16. Arran in the Nineteenth Century 17. The 'Modern' Age Appendix 1 Arainn Bheag Bhoideach Bonnie Little Arran Songs in the Gaelic of Arran Marbh-Rann Elegy Oran Gaoil Love Song Am Bas Death Fuadach a' Ghobha Bhig The Poacher Oran Na Dibhe Song on Drinking Màiri Òg Young Mary Oran a Rinneadh le Domhnull Macmhuirich The Smugglers Appendix 2 Am Figheadair Crotach The Hunchbacked Weaver Traditional Tales in the Gaelic of Arran Na Sithichean -- Claoinead The Fairies of Claoinead Sithichean Dhruim-a-Ghineir The Fairies of Druimaghineir. A' Bheann-Ghluin agus na Sibhrich The Midwife and the FairiesAn Tuathanach agus na Sibhrich The Farmer and the Fairies An Tuathanach agus a' Chailleach The Farmer and the Old Woman The Lost Piper Na Mèileachain The Bleaters A' Bhean Chrodanach The Hoofed Woman An Tuathanach agus an Uamh-Beist The Farmer and the Monster An Leannan Chrodhanach The Secret Name Uruisg Allt-Uilligridh The Uruisg of Allt-Uilligridh Innis Eabhra Island Eabhra References Bibliography Index. Arran is an archaeological and geological treasure trove of stunning scenic beauty. Its history stretches back to the great stone circles, more than 5,000 years old, whose remnants still decorate the plains of Machrie. Runic inscriptions tell of a Viking occupation lasting centuries. Later, in 1307, King Robert the Bruce began his triumphant comeback from Arran. Subsequently, the island was repeatedly caught up and devastated in the savage dynastic struggles of medieval Scotland. After the 1707 Parliamentary Union, came a new and strange upheaval - unwarlike but equally unsettling: Arran became a test-bed for the new theories of the ideologists of the Industrial Revolution. The ancient 'runrig' style of farming gave way to enclosed fields and labour-saving methods, which eventually lead to the socially disastrous Highland Clearances to Arran, and the misfortune of the times was culminated by the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845. At last, the area began to settle down through an increasingly stable mixture of agriculture and tourism in the 19th and 20th centuries. In this book, Thorbjorn Campbell gives an original, fascinating and comprehensive account of Arran's long and eventful history.
A Scottish historian provides an original, fascinating, and comprehensive account of the Isle of Arran from the prehistoric era to the 20th-century. Arran is an archaeological and geological treasure trove of stunning scenic beauty. Its history stretches back more than five thousand years to the great stone circles, whose remnants still decorate the plains of Machrie. Runic inscriptions tell of a Viking occupation lasting centuries. Later, in 1307, King Robert the Bruce began his triumphant comeback from Arran. Subsequently, the island was repeatedly caught up and devastated in the savage dynastic struggles of medieval Scotland. After the 1707 Parliamentary Union, came a new and strange upheaval: Arran became a testing ground for the Industrial Revolution. The ancient 'runrig' style of farming gave way to enclosed fields and labor-saving methods, which eventually lead to the socially disastrous Highland Clearances. The misfortune of the times was culminated by the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845. At last, the area settled into a stable mixture of agriculture and tourism in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Arran is an archaeological and geological treasure trove of stunning scenic beauty and this book gives an original, fascinating, and comprehensive account of its long and eventful history, from the runic inscriptions that tell of a centuries-old Viking occupation to the increase of agriculture and tourism in the area during the 19th and 20th centuries. Arran's history stretches back to the great stone circles--more than 5,000 years old--whose remnants still decorate the plains of Machrie. This comprehensive account discusses a variety of topics, including King Robert the Bruce's triumphant comeback in 1307, the savage dynastic struggles of medieval Scotland, and the part Arran played during the Industrial Revolution This fascinating and comprehensive account of Arran's long and eventful history also includes a selection of traditional Arran songs and stories, originally collected by William Mackenzie before the First World War.
