Blogs

The man who escaped a hanging, a tale from Arran

While camping on the Isle of Arran we visited Brodick Castle which is on the east coast of the island. A castle owned mainly by the Hamiltons, it was used recently as a hunting lodge. In front of th...

Topics: Arran, Hamilton

Murder on Goatfell, Arran

by Amanda Moffet

In 1889 the body of Edwin Robert Rose was discovered on Arran's famous mountain Goatfell. The corpse had been hidden beside a boulder, behind a wall of rocks. His head had been smashed in. Edwin ...

Topics: Arran, Murder

St Brigid's Cross on Arran

by Amanda Moffet

While traveling around Arran we visited Lamlash, a very pretty seaside village on the east coast of the island. Outside their parish church stands an unusual carved cross. The weathered carving sho...

Topics: Arran

Lochranza Castle

by Amanda Moffet

Lochranza Castle on Arran was built in the 13th century. It passed to the Stewarts of Menteith and became a royal castle when Robert Stewart became King in 1371. In the 1450s the Tower House was...

Topics: Arran, Lochranza Castle, Montgomery, Robert II, Stewart

Topic: Arran