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Muck, General
General View
Site Name Muck, General
Classification General View
Canmore ID 257324
Site Number NM47NW 18
NGR NM 4141 7975
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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DP 109109
General oblique aerial view of the Islands of Muck, Eigg, Rum and Skye, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 109154
General oblique aerial view of the Island of Muck and Eilean nan Each with Eigg in the background, taken from the SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383698
Muck, General. General view looking N from Carn Mhic Asgaill (c NM 417 797).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383725
Muck, General (NM48SW). General view looking NE across Aird nan Uan to the hills of Eigg (from c NM 4008 8011).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383735
RCAHMS Muck Survey. Strat Halliday giving a talk on the work of RCAHMS in Port Mor House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383736
RCAHMS Muck Survey. Strat Halliday giving a talk on the work of RCAHMS in Port Mor House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1699493
General oblique aerial view of Eigg, Muck and Rum, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249359
Muck, General (NM37NE). General view looking NE across Achadh na Creige (from c NM 3956 7975).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249360
Muck, General (NM37NE). General view looking NE across Achadh na Creige (from c NM 3956 7975).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383700
Muck, General. General view looking NE to Eigg from Carn Mhic Asgaill (c NM 417 797).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383709
Muck, General. General view of E end of Muck from Beinn Airein.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383711
Muck, General. General view from Beinn Airein looking ENE across Muck to the Sgurr on Eigg.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383714
Muck, General. General view of Sgorr nan Laogh (NM 4034 7879) from the NW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383726
Muck, General (NM38SE). General view looking NNW to Eilean nan Each (from c NM 3992 8022).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383738
RCAHMS Muck Survey. Angela Gannon giving a talk on the archaeology of the Small Isles in Port Mor House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1510091
RCAHMS Muck Survey. The Muck survey team with the MacEwens of Port Mor House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1699329
General oblique aerial view of Muck centred on Port Mor, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249364
Muck, General (NM48SW). General view looking NE across Aird nan Uan to the hills of Eigg (from c NM 4008 8011).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 164512
Distant view of islands. Titled: 'Islands of Eigg & Muck from Keppoch 24604 J.V.' PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM NO.33: COURTAULD ALBUM.
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© Courtesy of HES (J Valentine and Sons)
SC 1383705
Muck, General. General view looking N along the valley floor between Druim Mor and Cnoc na Croise (c NM 4171 7948).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383715
Muck, General. General view of Sgorr nan Laogh (NM 4034 7879) from the NW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383724
Muck, General (NM48SW). General view looking NW across Bagh a' Ghallanaich to Eilean nan Each.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383727
Muck, General (NM38SE). General view looking NNW to Eilean nan Each (from c NM 3992 8022).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383732
Muck, General (NM48SW). General view looking N across Bagh a' Ghallanaich to the hills of Rum.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383734
RCAHMS Muck Survey. Steve Boyle giving a talk on the archaeology of the Small Isles in Port Mor House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383737
RCAHMS Muck Survey. Angela Gannon giving a talk on the archaeology of the Small Isles in Port Mor House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1699328
General oblique aerial view of Muck centred on Port Mor, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249352
Muck, General. General view of E end of Muck from Beinn Airein.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249355
Muck, General. General view from Beinn Airein looking NE across Muck to the hills on Eigg.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249367
Muck, General (NM38SE). General view looking NNW to Eilean nan Each (from c NM 3981 8011).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 139215
General oblique view of the Point of Ardnamurchan looking towards the island of Muck, looking N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
19/7/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383719
Muck, General (NM48SW). General view from Bagh a' Ghallanaich looking N to the hills of Rum.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1865023
Oblique aerial view of the Isle of Muck, with Rum beyond, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1994
© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES
SC 1865027
Near overhead view aerial of Gallanach, Isle of Muck, looking SW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1994
© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES
SC 2249349
Muck, General. General view looking NE from Carn Mhic Asgaill (c NM 417 797).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249354
Muck, General. General view from Beinn Airein looking ENE across Muck to the Sgurr on Eigg.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249365
Muck, General (NM38SE). General view looking NNW to Eilean nan Each (from c NM 3992 8022).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249366
Muck, General (NM38SE). General view looking NNW to Eilean nan Each (from c NM 3992 8022).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 799126
RCAHMS Muck Survey. Ian Parker setting up the GPS base station on the terrace above Port Mor House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 875600
Oblique aerial view centred on Port Mor and the remains of the township with the chapel adjacent, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 109117
General oblique aerial view of the Island of Muck, centred on Gallanach and Coralag, taken from the NNE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 109152
General oblique aerial view of the Island of Muck, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383699
Muck, General. General view looking NE from Carn Mhic Asgaill (c NM 417 797).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383729
Muck, General (NM38SE). General view looking NNW to Eilean nan Each (from c NM 3981 8011).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1699494
General oblique aerial view of Eigg, Muck and Rum, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1865024
Oblique aerial view of the central part of the Isle of Muck, looking NW.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1994
© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES
SC 1865025
Oblique aerial view of the central and W parts of the Isle of Muck, looking W.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1994
© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES
SC 2249361
Muck, General (NM37NE). General view from NW end of Muck across Gleann Mhairtein to Beinn Airein.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249368
Muck, General (NM48SW). General view looking ENE from Bagh a' Ghallanaich to the hills of Eigg.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 875632
Oblique aerial view centred on Port Mor and the remains of the township with the chapel adjacent, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 095087
General oblique aerial view of Eigg with Muck beyond, looking S.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
1/9/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 109105
General oblique aerial view of the Point of Ardnamurchan looking out towards the Islands of Rum, Eigg, Muck and Skye, taken from the S.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 109111
Oblique aerial view of the remains of Sean Bhaile, Muck, taken from the N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 109115
General oblique aerial view of the Island of Muck looking towards the western end of the island, taken from the ENE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 109116
General oblique aerial view of the Island of Muck looking towards the western end of the island, taken from the E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 109119
General oblique aerial view of the Islands of Muck and Eigg, taken from the SSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 139442
Oblique aerial view of Sanna and Portuairk with Eigg, Muck and Rum beyond, looking N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
19/7/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383710
Muck, General. General view looking ESE to Fionn-aird from Beinn Airein.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383716
Muck, General (NM37NE). General view looking NE across Achadh na Creige (from c NM 3956 7975).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1510090
RCAHMS Muck Survey. The Muck survey team with the MacEwens of Port Mor House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1556086
Oblique aerial view centred on Port Mor and the remains of the township with the chapel adjacent, taken from the W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1699324
Oblique aerial view centred on Port Mor and the remains of the township with the chapel adjacent, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1699325
Oblique aerial view centred on Port Mor and the remains of the township with the chapel adjacent, taken from the ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1865028
Oblique aerial view of Port Mor, Isle of Muck, looking E.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1994
© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES
SC 2249351
Muck, General. General view looking N along the valley floor between Druim Mor and Cnoc na Croise (c NM 4171 7948).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249357
Muck, General. General view of Sgorr nan Laogh (NM 4034 7879) from the NW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249358
Muck, General. General view of Sgorr nan Laogh (NM 4034 7879) from the NW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 799125
RCAHMS Muck Survey. Ian Parker setting up the GPS base station on the terrace above Port Mor House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 875648
General oblique aerial view of Eigg, Muck and Rum, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 109112
Oblique aerial view of the remains of the field system, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 109118
General oblique aerial view of the Islands of Muck and Eigg, taken from the SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 109153
General oblique aerial view of the Island of Muck with Eilean nan Each in the foreground, taken from the WNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
30/4/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383713
Muck, General. General view from Beinn Airein looking NE across Muck to the hills on Eigg.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1386602
Photographic copy of an estate map of Muck. Inscr: 'Plan of the island of Muck, as surveyed and divided in lots in spring 1809, by Ja. Chapman'.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1450053
Muck, General (NM37NE). General view from NW end of Muck across Gleann Mhairtein to Beinn Airein.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1699322
Oblique aerial view centred on Port Mor and the remains of the township with the chapel adjacent, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1699330
General oblique aerial view of Muck centred on Port Mor, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249348
Muck, General. General view looking N from Carn Mhic Asgaill (c NM 417 797).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249353
Muck, General. General view looking ESE to Fionn-aird from Beinn Airein.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249356
Muck, General. General view from Beinn Airein looking NE across Muck to the hills on Eigg.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249362
Muck, General (NM48SW). General view from Bagh a' Ghallanaich looking N to the hills of Rum.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249363
Muck, General (NM48SW). General view looking NW across Bagh a' Ghallanaich to Eilean nan Each.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 799124
RCAHMS Muck Survey. Ian Parker setting up the GPS base station on the terrace above Port Mor House.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 139440
Oblique aerial view of Ardnamurchan lighthouse with Eigg, Muck and Rum beyond, looking N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
19/7/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383712
Muck, General. General view from Beinn Airein looking NE across Muck to the hills on Eigg.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383717
Muck, General (NM37NE). General view looking NE across Achadh na Creige (from c NM 3956 7975).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
17/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1383731
Muck, General (NM48SW). General view looking ENE from Bagh a' Ghallanaich to the hills of Eigg.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 221656
General oblique aerial view of Muck, Eigg and Rum, looking WNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
18/9/2015
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1699323
Oblique aerial view centred on Port Mor and the remains of the township with the chapel adjacent, taken from the W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
10/4/2003
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1865026
Near overhead aerial view of Gallanach, isle of Muck, looking W.
Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
1994
© NOSAS (James S Bone Collection). Courtesy of HES
SC 2249350
Muck, General. General view looking NE to Eigg from Carn Mhic Asgaill (c NM 417 797).
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2249369
Muck, General (NM48SW). General view looking N across Bagh a' Ghallanaich to the hills of Rum.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/6/2002
© Crown Copyright: HES
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
MUCK
(Eilean nam Muc - isle of swine) Modest in the lee of more spectacular neighbours, Muck declines to flaunt her basaltic geology, boasts no volcanic peaks or slanting cliffs. Instead, green, peatless pastures slope gently down to the shore, quietly cropped for over a century by the stock of a well-managed hill farm. The island has a small but thriving community of about 30. Formerly part of the church lands of Iona, Muck was held by the MacIans of Ardnamurchan for five generations until c.1617, when Lachlan Maclean of Coll acquired it. The Clanranalds took over temporarily, 1799-1814 , in exchange for paying off the laird's debts, and in 1809 the island's 24 tacks were divided into 47 plots for crofting kelp workers; the population peaked to 270 in 1826. By this time, the kelp industry had collapsed and Alexander Maclean of Coll, proprietor from 1814 , had begun relocating his tenants. At least half of the population of Muck had emigrated to Cape Breton by 1828, replaced by beasts belonging to the legendary cattle drover, Corriechoillie (see p.40). In 1854, Captain Thomas Swinburne bought the island, started up a fishing industry and carried out other improvements. The new proprietor from 1896, Robert Thomson (owner of Eigg and Strathaird), introduced dairy cows and established the model farm that is still run by his descendants.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
