All sorts of unusual information and anecdotage lurk in murky corners of the Carmichael Watson Collection. Here is a piece relating to the ...

Eilean Donan Castle From whom Alexander Carmichael got this snippet of information concerning St Donan’s House, South Uist, is not now...

Dùn Raghnaill Lying some eighty yards from the southern shore of Loch Druidibeag is the ruin of a once impregnable fortlet still known as...

Archaeological remains, particularly those of an ecclesiastical nature, held quite a fascination for Alexander Carmichael. On 5 March 1869, ...

In a fascinating piece about submerged archaeological remains recorded on 4 November 1873 by Alexander Carmichael from Kenneth MacKenzie ( c...

Ancient artefacts as well as buildings held a particular fascination for Alexander Carmichael and when the opportunity arose he would ask hi...

Alexander Carmichael took a great interest in material culture, particularly archaeological remains and objects that had either a religio...