2016

NM3318 : Tireragan

taken 8 years ago, 4 km W of Ardalanish, Isle of Mull, Argyll And Bute, Scotland

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Tireragan
Tireragan
Stevenson Way

Following in the footsteps of David Balfour, the hero of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, as he makes his way back to Edinburgh to confront his wicked uncle.

Stage 1, June 2016 from Erraid to Fishnish on the Isle of Mull.

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Tireragan

Tireragan is a deserted village dating to the 18th and 19th centuries. At its peak there would have been approximately 100 people living here. Nearby is a separate settlement Breac-achadh. on the Ordnance Survey map the village is named as Tir Fhearagain.

The folk of Tireragan would have been subsistence farmers supplementing their income from the burning of kelp and selling the ash for gun powder production. But during the early 19th century other methods of producing gunpowder were developed, the potato blight caused widespread famine and sheep farming proved more profitable for the landowners resulting in the population being evicted. By 1861 there were no one living at Tireragan.

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Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Derelict, Disused Primary Subject: Ruin other tags: Stevenson Way Village Settlement Deserted Ruin Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Tireragan [3] Title Clusters: · Tireragan [3] ·
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NM3318, 8 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mick Garratt   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 7 June, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 27 June, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 3368 1875 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:17.1725N 6:18.3011W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 3364 1870
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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