Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire / Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations

by John H. Dixon

• Quartzite, [274], [277], [278], [285], [288].
• Queen Victoria. See [Victoria, Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen].

• Raasay, affair at Kirkton of, [48].
• Rabbits, [237], [238], [239], [379].
• Rainbows, [225].
• Reay country, [177], [179].
• Red Smiddy, or Poolewe iron furnace, [77], [79], [83], [93-95], [335], [367], [398], [405].
• Reformation, [63], [64], [416].
• Registrar of births, deaths, and marriages, [295].
• Regoilachy, [325], [345].
• Reid and Reid, William. See [William Reid].
• Relics of the old ironworks, [83], [91], [94], [95].
• Religious and general progress, [114], [117], [124].
• Religious observances, [118], [120], [121].
• Remission to John Roy and his sons, [43].
• Reptiles, [233].
• Retours of 1566 and 1638, [60].
• River Ewe, [9], [25], [60], [62], [93], [94], [95], [96], [97], [141], [167], [171], [176], [211], [220], [221], [230], [243], [245], [247], [248], [249], [254], [255], [272], [273], [294], [315], [316], [317], [318], [321], [335], [342], [350], [367-372], [398], [401], [404].
• Rivers of Gairloch, [220], [221], [367], [372], [399].
• Roads and road-making, [148-150], [296], [309], [346], [348], [398].
• Roasting iron ore, [93].
• Rob Donn, the Reay bard, [201], [208].
• Rob Roy Macgregor, the other, [209].
• Robert Bruce, [6], [12], [14].
• Robert II., [6].
• Robertson, Dr, Achtercairn, [232], [312].
• Roches Moutonnées, [282], [283], [288].
• Rock resembling a stage-coach, [309].
• Rocks, curious, at Sand of Udrigil, [338], [339].
• Roderick Campbell, piper and fiddler, [176], [367].
• Roderick (or Rorie) Mackay, piper, [41], [109], [177], [307].
• Roderick (Rev.) Mackenzie. See [Mackenzie, Rev. Roderick].
• Roe-deer, [228], [237], [346], [379].
• Romans in the Highlands, [4].
• Rona, [202], [328], [398].
• Rooks, [227], [247], [304].
• Rorie Morrison of Drumchork, [206].
• Rorie Morrison of Tanera, [172], [208].
• Ross, Rev. Dr, [129], [172].
• Royal Commission on Crofters and Cottars. See [Crofters and Cottars].
• Ruadh Stac of Beinn Eighe, [220], [306], [346].
• Ruaridh an t' Sealgair, [168].
• Ruaridh an Torra, [117], [169].
• Ruaridh Breac (son of Fair Duncan), the Cromasaig bard, [51], [175].
• Ruaridh Ceard, [145].
• Ruaridh Donn, [203].
• Ruaridh Mac Allan M'Leod of Gairloch, [27], [44], [45].
• Ruaridh M'Leod of Eilean Ruaridh Beag, [25], [40], [43], [348].
• Rudha aird an anail, [348], [361].
• Rudha an Fhomhair. See [Ru Nohar].
• Rudha Chailleach, [163], [343].
• Rudha Dubh, or Black Cape, [351], [352].
• Rudha Mac Ghille Aindreas, or Ruymakilvandrich, [61], [333].
• Rudha Reidh, or Seann Rudha, [47], [160], [219], [240], [330], [333], [404].
• Ru Nohar, [3], [148], [304], [306], [327], [345].
• Run-rig system of cultivation, [138], [339].
• Russell, Rev. James, [68], [114], [118].

• Sabbath, observance of, [121].
• Sabbath-breaking, [161], [214].
• Sabhal Geal at Flowerdale, [20], [102], [127].
• Sacraments, [118-120], [198], [310].
• Sacrifices of bulls, [4], [150-158], [410], [411].
• Sage, Rev. Mr, his muscular Christianity, [67], [323].
• Sail Mhor of Beinn Eighe, [220].
• St Columba, [4], [5], [70], [100], [323], [415], [416].
• St Kilda, [137], [253].
• St Maelrubha, or St Maree, [5], [7], [63], [69], [99], [102], [151], [153], [154], [156], [157], [310], [322], [341], [397], [404], [410], [411], [415], [416].
• Salmo ferox, [363], [364].
• Salmon and salmon fishery, [146], [197], [233], [316], [331], [337], [342], [362], [366-372], [398], [401], [404].
• Salmon angling and anecdotes, [25], [366-372].
• Sand of Gairloch, Big Sand, and Little Sand, [60], [61], [87], [293], [294], [295], [329].
• Sand of Udrigil, [70], [100], [101], [105], [221], [293], [338].
• Sandpipers, [230], [250].
• Sandy Mackenzie. See [Alexander Mackenzie, from Stornoway].
• Sasunnach Mor, or Big Englishman, [85].
• Sauchieburn, battle of, [33].
• Saythe, or coal-fish, [143], [145], [146], [360].
• Scardroy, [50].
• Scenery described, [222], [226], [341], [350], [355], [401-403].
• School Board of Gairloch, [294].
• Schools and education in Gairloch, [67], [114], [294], [295], [333], [337], [400], [407].
• Scottish brogue, rare, [126].
• Scuir a Laocainn, [288], [315], [336], [352].
• Scuir a Mhuilin, [302].
• Scuir na Feart, [315], [336].
• Sea anemones, [234].
• Sea-bathing, [312].
• Sea-board of Gairloch, [219].
• Sea-captain buried in Isle Ewe, [212].
• Sea-fishing. See [Angling in sea-lochs].
• Sea-trout, [233], [262], [363], [368], [369].
• Sea-weeds, sea-ware, [141], [234], [235].
• Seaforth. See [Lord Seaforth].
• Seaforth or Ross-shire Highlanders, [56], [112].
• Seannachies, or bards, [1], [173], [174], [332].
• Second Coast, or An t' Eirthire Donn, [138], [293], [338], [339], [358].
• Second-sight, [169-171], [188].
• Sgeir a Bhuic, [333].
• Sgeir an Fharaig, [5], [207], [333].
• Sgeir Bhoora, [5], [54], [332].
• Sgurr Ban, [219], [220].
• Sgurr Dubh, [323].
• Sheep, and sheep farms and farming, [109], [137], [170], [256], [373], [376], [377], [378].
• Shell-lime, [100].
• Shells of Gairloch and shell-sand, [265-270].
• Shiant Isles, [159], [250], [251], [252], [330].
• Shieldaig of Applecross, [285], [299], [322].
• Shieldaig of Gairloch, [221], [237], [248], [255], [284], [298], [309], [327], [373].
• Shieldaig shoemaker and his companions, [216].
• Shielings and shieling bothies, [54], [136], [137], [335].
• Shoestone. See [Clach nam Brog].
• Shorter Catechism, [118], [180].
• Sian, or Seun, a spell or charm, [55], [165-168], [334].
• Silurian series, [275], [276], [278], [279], [280].
• Simon Chisholm, mentioned or referred to, [116], [170].
• Siol Mhic Ghille Challum, [24].
• Siol Tormod, [24].
• Siol Torquil, [24], [27].
• Sitheanan Dubha, [159], [329].
• Skye, [27], [45], [55], [73], [130], [162], [167], [175], [183], [190], [202], [204], [214], [226], [281], [300], [301], [311], [312], [320], [328], [329], [353], [417].
• Slaggan, [187], [188], [293], [294], [295], [339].
• Slatadale [5], [179], [221], [237], [249], [298], [309], [314], [327], [330], [345-348].
• Sledges used for carts, [135].
• Slioch, [86], [219], [272], [273], [274], [284], [305], [308], [309], [320], [325], [344], [345], [402], [403].
• Slogan of the Mackenzies, [59].
• Small, Rev. J., lines on contrasts in Loch Maree scenery, [341].
• Smallpox, [84], [133], [177].
• Smiorsair, [87], [325], [345], [416].
• Smith, Rev. James, [67], [117].
• Smithstown, [293], [329].
• Snow, [21], [42], [223], [225].
• Son of the Poolewe blacksmith, [170].
• Song on Tournaig, [196-198].
• South Erradale, [290], [293].
• Spanish ship brought Spanish blood, [109].
• Spens, Sir James, [77], [78].
• Spidean Moirich, or Martha's Peak, [315].
• Sporrans, or sporans, [182], [232], [238].
• Spout-fish, or razor-shells, [233].
• Sron a Choit, [307].
• Srondubh, [247], [318].
• Stac Buidhe, [330].
• Staghounds, [374].
• Stags. See [Deer, red].
• Stankhouse, or Moat-house, [53], [54], [102], [177], [310].
• Steall a Mhuinidh, [221].
• Steamers, [297], [300], [317].
• Still, the. See [The Still].
• Stirkhill. See [Meallan na Ghamhna].
• Stock, [136], [137].
• Stone implements and remains, [103], [104].
• Storm at the head of Loch Ewe, [169], [171].
• Stornoway, [168], [169], [184], [210], [211], [213], [246], [309], [320], [333], [398], [401].
• Stornoway women could make the wind favourable, [168], [169].
• Strath, Gairloch, [69], [133], [164], [180], [186], [293], [294], [312], [329], [331].
• Strawberries and cherries, [224], [225].
• Suidheachan Fhinn, [4].
• Summer Isles, [212], [300], [356].
• Sunsets, [226].
• Superstitious practices and notions, [158], [159], [161].
• Surnames in Gairloch, [110], [111].
• Swans, wild, [254], [346].
• Sweetheart's stepping-stones, [4], [342].

• Tagan, [210], [221], [305], [345].
• Talladale, [5], [40], [43], [60], [61], [66], [71], [79], [81], [88], [90], [92], [176], [177], [210], [221], [222], [229], [272], [273], [282], [283], [286], [293], [296], [297], [300], [301], [307], [321], [326], [327], [332], [345], [348], [350], [361].
• Talladale ironworks, [40], [79], [92], [95].
• Talladale water, [221], [307], [348].
• Tar-boiling in Tollie Bay, [95].
• Taylor, John, the water poet, quoted or referred to, [127], [375].
• Taylors of Badachro, [109].
• Telegraph, [296], [297].
• Temple House, Flowerdale, [49], [51], [63], [103].
• The Gairloch, [31], [186], [310], [399], [403].
• The Glen, [26], [136], [313].
• The "men," [29].
• The Still, [315], [406].
• Thomas Nelesoun M'Leod, a rebel, [24].
• Thorisdale, or Horisdale, [5], [145], [328].
• Tiends or tithes of Gairloch, [40].
• Tigh Dige, [24], [25], [26], [30], [53], [102], [170], [310].
• Tigh mo Sheanair, [186].
• Tighnafaolinn, [213], [293], [321], [337].
• Tobar Mhoire, [324], [413].
• Tobar nan Ceann, [34].
• Tombstone of John Hay, [82], [83], [311], [331].
• Tombstones of the prince and princess on Isle Maree, [10], [105], [152].
• Tollie, [61], [66], [67], [71], [95], [99], [113], [167], [186], [211], [221], [297], [304], [315], [327], [330], [331], [336], [341], [349].
• Tollie Croft, [70], [117], [315].
• Torran nan Eun, [325].
• Torran nan Tighearnan, [219].
• Torridon, [4], [27], [28], [41], [42], [48], [60], [214], [220], [233], [246], [284], [285], [296], [297], [299], [322], [323], [417].
• Torridon red sandstone, [273], [274], [277], [282], [284], [285], [286], [288], [289], [308], [350], [357], [358].
• Tournaig, [27], [57], [63], [97], [98], [136], [148], [187], [194], [196], [221], [231], [237], [239], [246], [254], [284], [298], [319], [320].
• Tower on Isle Maree, [8], [10], [102].
• Townships, [138], [293].
• Trades and employments in Gairloch, [132], [407].
• Tragedy of Isle Maree, [5], [7], [127].
• Trews, truis, or triubhais, [127], [128].
• Trias at Loch Gruinard, [288], [289], [337], [357], [358].
• Trossachs of Loch Maree, [316], [335].
• Trout, brown or yellow, [348], [362], [363], [364], [365], [369], [397], [401].
• Tulchan bishops, [64].
• Turf houses, [132], [328].
• Tuyere of a furnace, [91].

• Uamh a Mhail, [343].
• Uamh an Oir, [221], [328], [329].
• Uamh an Oir, on Loch Maree. See [Cave of Gold].
• Uamh gu do roghiann, [349].
• Uamh Mhic 'ille Rhiabhaich, [27], [320].
• Uamh nam Freiceadain, [24], [36], [43], [45], [98], [328].
• Udrigil House, or Udrigil, [58], [103], [203], [283], [289], [337].
• Ullapool, [113], [145], [204], [205], [208], [209], [300], [321].
• Unpunctuality in Gairloch, [123].

• Valley of the Hundred Hills. See [Coire Cheud Cnoc].
• Victoria Falls, [222], [286], [309], [326], [348].
• Victoria, Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen, quoted or referred to, [115], [150], [151], [222], [231], [306], [307], [308], [309], [323], [326], [346].
• Vikings, [5], [7], [329].
• Vision of Hector Roy and his bodyguard. See [Alastair Mac Iain Mhic Earchair].
• Visions of redcoats and great fleet, [172], [173], [335], [338].
• Vitrified fort, [98].
• Volunteer corps, [113], [129], [172], [198], [297], [298], [328].

• Want of cleanliness, not general, [123].
• Wasps, [224], [231].
• Watch at Glac na Sguithar, story of the, [51], [302].
• Water-cure at the Fox Point, [159], [341].
• Waterfalls in Gairloch, [221], [222], [305], [326], [327], [344], [345].
• Water-kelpies, [161].
• Weather in Gairloch, [223-225], [404].
• Weedon, A. W., [201], [315], [358].
• Well of Iain Liath. See [Iain Liath's well].
• Well on Isle Maree, [150-157], [347], [397], [399], [403], [404], [410].
• Whales, [207], [208], [211].
• Whisky, illicit, [66], [134], [167], [202], [343], [348], [406].
• White horse, [343].
• Whiting, [143], [361].
• Whittier, J. G., verses on Isle Maree, [347].
• Wild-cats, [232], [238], [314].
• William, Earl of Ross, [6], [11].
• William Fraser, [82], [83], [179].
• William Jolly. See [Jolly, William].
• William Maclean, piper, [160], [176].
• William Mackenzie, the Ceistear Crubach, [180].
• William (Sir) Munro. See [Munro, Sir William].
• William Reid, [109], [160], [244], [298].
• William Roy Mackenzie, [202].
• William Ross, the Gairloch bard, [101], [183], [184], [186], [187], [189], [405].
• Wilson, H. F., his Carmen Pooleviense quoted, [316].
• Wilsonton ironworks, [76].
• Wind made favourable by magic, [168], [169].
• Wishing-tree on Isle Maree, [150], [151], [152].
• Witchcraft and witches, [163-165], [170].
• Wolves, [85], [237], [403].
• Women industrious, [132].
• Wood-pigeon, [197], [230], [248].
• Woods in Gairloch, [221], [306], [310], [345], [347].
• Woods of Letterewe, [77], [79], [344].
• Woodie, [33].

• Yarrell's British Birds, [241].

• Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, London, [238], [254].