23-624: Ardtalnaig ( / ˌ ɑːr d ˈ t æ l n ɪ ɡ / ; Àird Talanaig ) is a hamlet on the south shore of Loch Tay in Perth and Kinross in Scotland . It is approximately 6 miles (10 km) from Kenmore in whose parish it lies. 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south-west is the former gold and copper mine at Tomnadashan . The highest temperature ever recorded in Ardtalnaig was 31.4 °C (88.5 °F) on 27 June 1995. The lowest temperature ever recorded
46-541: A decisive victory in the battle, but Sinclair later turned to the law and was awarded the title and the lands as Earl of Caithness. Robert Macnab, the fourteenth chief of Clan Macnab married a sister of John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland . This connection to the Clan Campbell constrained him from supporting the Jacobites in the rising of 1715, although many of his clansmen did take part. The fifteenth chief
69-487: A man. However, some Neishes survived and continued to live on what they called Neish Island . The Neishes continued to plunder the neighbourhood and feuds continued. Chief Finlay Macnab was a man of peace but protected his lands against the foraging royalist forces of James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose in the mid-1640s. However Finlay's son, who was known as Smooth John , did not follow his father's peaceful ways and actually joined forces with Montrose, contributing to
92-578: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Loch Tay Loch Tay ( Scottish Gaelic : Loch Tatha ) is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland , in the Perth and Kinross and Stirling council areas , the largest body of fresh water in Perth and Kinross. The watershed of Loch Tay traditionally formed the historic province of Breadalbane . It is a long, narrow loch about 14.55 miles (23.42 km) long, and typically around 1 to 1.5 miles (1.6 to 2.4 km) wide, following
115-542: Is raising money for its repair. Ben Lawers , on the north shore of the loch is, at 1,214 metres (3,983 ft), the tenth-highest mountain in the British Isles , and is the highest peak in a group of seven munros . Killin at the head of the loch, and Kenmore at the outflow of the River Tay , are the main settlements on the lochside today. The smaller settlements of Acharn , Ardeonaig and Ardtalnaig are located on
138-618: The Loch Tay Steamboat Company and then the Caledonian Steam Packet Company provided a passenger and cargo service on the loch with 5 steamers. More than 20 crannogs have been identified in Loch Tay. The Scottish Crannog Centre is an open-air museum on the south of Loch Tay and has a reconstructed crannog, built between 1994 and 1997. The recreated Iron Age roundhouse was destroyed by fire in 2021. The museum
161-541: The 8th and 7th millennia BC, during Scotland's Mesolithic period. This and another Mesolithic site found during the project were very important to archaeologists understanding of that time period in Scotland. Until the 1990s most Mesolithic sites were recorded along the coasts and these sites were the first ones recorded in the uplands of the Highlands, demonstrating that the hunter and gathers of that time did not strictly live by
184-624: The Clan Macnab were restored to some extent when Angus's grandson, Gilbert, received a charter from David II of Scotland in 1336. Gilbert was succeeded by his son, Sir Alexander Macnab, who died in about 1407. Many battles were fought between the Clan Macnab and the Clan Neish. The last battle between them was the Battle of Glenboultachan where the Macnabs were victorious. The Neishes were killed almost to
207-511: The Eras Tour . The loch is a popular spot for salmon fishing, and many of its surroundings feature in the traditional Scottish ' Loch Tay Boat Song ' ( Scottish Gaelic , Iorram Loch Tatha ). This is a very sad song in which the protagonist muses on unrequited love for a red-haired woman (a Nighean ruadh ) whilst rowing at the end of a working day. It has been recorded by Liam Clancy and The Corries amongst others. The film Monty Python and
230-656: The Holy Grail filmed the famous scene with the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog at Tomnadashan Mine on the east bank of the loch. Clan Macnab Clan Macnab is a Highland Scottish clan . The name Macnab is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Mac An Aba , which means child of the abbot . According to tradition the progenitor of the clan was Abraruadh who was the Abbot of Glen Dochart and Strathearn . Abraruadh
253-523: The agricultural lands between the head-dyke and the loch-shore. Before 1996 the earliest known evidence for occupation along the shores of Loch Tay had been a nearby stone-axe factory at Creag an Caillich and the 1965 excavations of the stone circle at Croft Moraig (dated to the 3rd to 2nd millennium BC). However, the BLHL project found a lithic scatter along the Ben Lawers Nature Trail that dated to
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#1732909579409276-541: The coasts. The BLHL project also found evidence of people living and working in the hills above the loch during the Neolithic period. A Beaker burial was also found, the Balnahanaid Beaker, which may be among the earliest Beakers in Scotland, dating to a time when their use was rare. Investigations of the loch have found that a Neolithic woodland existed on its edge for at least 900 years and that during that period
299-494: The eve of his execution. He went on to lead three hundred of his clansmen at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. On 13 July 1680 the Chief of Clan Macnab and his followers fought at the Battle of Altimarlach in support of Sir John Campbell of Glenorchy and against George Sinclair of Keiss , in a dispute over who had the right to the lands and title of the Earl of Caithness . Campbell won
322-881: The higher elevations of the hills around the loch. The Macnabs , the Menzies , the Drummonds , the Napiers , the Haldanes, the MacGregors and the Robertsons of Carwhin and Strowan all owned land around the loch but little remains of their possible castles/manors. Most of the surviving lordly residences are associated with the Glenorchy Campbells , who grew in power and influence during the 15th and early 16th centuries, specifically those at Lawers, Carwhin and Edramucky. The Campbells held most of
345-478: The land and on the water. The loch appears to have been at the edge of Pictland. An Early Christian graveyard at Balnahanaid was found, as well as some upland occupation sites. Furthermore, there is evidence that Eilean Breaban, Dall North and Craggan Crannogs were occupied during this period, but overall Loch Tay was not a major centre of Pictish activity. In the Early Medieval period people began to cultivate
368-406: The land in the area from around the 1600s to the late 1800s, when they began to sell off the land. Though before doing so they undertook clearances of the residents. It is estimated that two-thirds of the population was removed from around the loch. The National Trust for Scotland would buy a significant amount of the land in the 1950s to become the largest landowner in the area. From 1882 to 1939
391-577: The line of the strath from the south-west to north-east. It is the sixth-largest loch in Scotland by area and more 150 metres (490 ft) deep at its deepest. Between 1996 and 2005, a large-scale project was carried out to investigate the heritage and archaeology of Loch Tay, the Ben Lawers Historic Landscape (BLHL) Project. It took place primarily on the National Trust for Scotland ’s property but included some local landowners who held
414-473: The royal victory at the Battle of Kilsyth in 1645. Smooth John Macnab was appointed to garrison Montrose's own Kincardine Castle . General David Leslie, Lord Newark subsequently laid siege to the castle. The castle's whole garrison however, managed break through the Covenanter lines and fought their way clear, but John Macnab was captured. He was taken to Edinburgh and sentenced to death but escaped on
437-527: The shoreline would have been least 4–5m lower than it is today. Several of the 20 crannogs found along Loch Tay have been radiocarbon dated to the Iron Age: As well as round houses that were excavated at Croftvellich and Tombreck which the archeologists took to indicate that that settlements may have been much more densely concentrated during the Iron Age than was previously thought, with people living both on
460-595: The south side of the loch whilst Fearnan and Lawers are on the north side. The loch is fed by the rivers Dochart and Lochay at its head and numerous smaller streams. Loch Tay railway station was on the Killin Railway . It is now closed. Media outlets reported in June 2024 that the loch had been temporarily renamed to "Loch Tay Tay" as a tribute to the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift touring in Scotland as part of
483-623: Was allegedly a younger son of Kenneth MacAlpin , the first king of Scots. (See: Siol Alpin ). Abraruadh was also descended from Fergus , king of Dál Riata and a nephew of Saint Fillan , who was the founder of the monastery in Glen Dochart in the seventh century. One of the earliest records of the Macnab family is on a charter of 1124. Malcolm de Glendochart appears in the Ragman Rolls of 1296 and submitted to Edward I of England . Angus Macnab
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#1732909579409506-539: Was brother-in-law of John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch who was murdered by Robert the Bruce in 1306. Macnab then joined forces with the Clan MacDougall in their campaign against the Bruce when Bruce was nearly captured at the Battle of Dalrigh . When the Bruce's power consolidated after his victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, the Macnab lands were forfeited and their charters were destroyed. The fortunes of
529-404: Was −15.9 °C (3.4 °F) on 11 January 1982. The highest minimum temperature ever recorded was 17.5 °C (63.5 °F) on 6 August 2006 and the lowest maximum temperature ever recorded was −6.7 °C (19.9 °F) on 11 January 1963. The most precipitation ever recorded in one day was 89.6 millimetres (3.53 in) on 26 September 1981. This Perth and Kinross location article
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