Finlaggan The administartive capital of the medieval MacDonald Lord of the Isles

'Chan fhaighear an-dè air ais an-diugh'
You can’t today recall yesterday

 

Stone circle calendars, brochs of folk long gone persist, Viking coasts and Gaelic place names like Uiskentuie. Who built the rare Kildalton high cross? Or the Great Hall of the Lord of the Isles’ in their Ri Innse Gall or Queen of the Hebrides. Who fought over Dunyvaig? Discover the memorials of foreign sailors lost to the seas off Islay. In the clear light capture lime-washed and sparkling white Georgian mansions, landscaped policies and follies, and the unique round church of Bowmore.

Discover timeless Islay

 

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