On May 27th, after a few hours ashore on the Shiants, we headed south down the west coast of Skye. This is always a scenic run; the cliffs ...

In the four previous posts we visited the Small Isles of Rum, Muck and Canna. Eigg is feeling a little left out, so here’s a view I wi...

Punishment Stone  - the hole can be seen a foot below the top A brilliant photo of Canna’s Punishment Stone at Keils, taken by Olivia ...

While we’re on the subject of unusual graves, let’s jump from one Small Isle to another. This image is of the MacEwen graves on Muck. Th...

Five miles from Kilmory another set of graves are to be found in the Temple-Tomb at Harris. There’s a stark contrast between this lonely...

This is a view of Kilmory on the north end of Rum, which is visited in chapter 28 of book 1. At the center is the burial ground, a...