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The Shiaba trilogy - my inspiration
Posted By romhc On Saturday, 17 May 2025
The 'Shiaba' trilogy has had an unusually long gestation, starting in 1967. Shortly after Shiaba and Scoor was sold to the Forestry Commission, the farm was run by the Department of Agriculture with Donnie Cameron as shepherd. As a tenant of Saorphin, I was employed to help Donnie with the gatherings. Driving the sheep through the ruins of Shiaba, I was struck by the air of....
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Thursday, 14 November 2024
RoMHC 2024 AGM
Information for the RoMHC 2024 Annual General Meeting to be held at 2pm on Saturday 30th November 2024.
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Thursday, 7 November 2024
Results of the Community Consultation on Renovation of the Old Mill
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Thursday, 7 November 2024
Update on the Community Garden
The Ross of Mull Community Garden is a beautiful space right in the grounds of the Historical Centre ...
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Sunday, 9 June 2024
Community Consultation on the Renovation of the Old Mill at Bunessan
RoMHC has undertaken a community consultation to gauge whether there is community support for the renovation of the Old Mill, Bunessan.
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Sunday, 7 April 2024
We have a new bridge!
See the photos of the building of our new bridge!
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Sunday, 7 April 2024
An historic journey - and future plans
A report from the RoMHC 2023 AGM
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Wednesday, 27 December 2023
RoMHC 2023 AGM
Information for the RoMHC 2023 Annual General Meeting to be held at 2pm on Saturday 13th January 2024.
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Thursday, 22 December 2022
RoMHC 2022 AGM
Information for the RoMHC 2022 Annual General Meeting to be held at 2pm on Saturday 14th January 2023.
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Tuesday, 13 September 2022
Community spirit in the garden
Trustees from the Historical Centre are among those who are actively involved in the Community Garden - helping to pot up or to gather hay.
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Saturday, 9 April 2022
Spring update on the Community Garden
The Community Garden now has a poly tunnel! Seed sowing is now in full swing with the full benefits of a light sheltered place for them to germinate.
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Tuesday, 22 February 2022
It's behind you!
A report on the RoMHC 2021 AGM and a preview of exicting projects to come.
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Tuesday, 11 January 2022
RoMHC 2021 AGM
Information for the RoMHC 2021 Annual General Meeting to be held via Zoom on 27th January 2022 at 7.30pm.
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Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Summer update on the Community Garden
Much has changed in the Ross of Mull Community Garden since February.
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Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Historical riches and riddles
With a large amount of voluntary work and enthusiasm, we are delighted to offer the Kilvickeon Burial Ground booklet for sale!
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Monday, 15 February 2021
Update from the Community Garden Steering Committee
Volunteers have been making progress all through the winter. Most weeks there have been two volunteering sessions and much has changed.
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Friday, 12 June 2020
John Keats: a tourist in turbulent times
Keats’ walk across Mull in 1818, drawn by the romance of Staffa.
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Sunday, 31 May 2020
Croggies, Querns & Cromans ... Bickers, Quaiches & Cruisies
The value of producing our own food locally has become very evident recently. We have posters for sale illustrating tools used in the past.
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Thursday, 28 November 2019
Whales and Gaels – the 2019 RoMHC AGM
The Convenor's report for the preceding year and the fascinating presentation from HWDT on 'Whales and Gaels'.
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Thursday, 14 November 2019
Delving deeper into the archives
Staff from Argyll Estates Archives enabled us to discuss our own resources, whilst giving us a privileged glimpse of the documents kept in Inveraray.
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Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Anderson Shelters on the Ross of Mull
Until recently, the Ross of Mull had a remarkable number of Anderson shelters. But why so many? Can you tell us any more about this story?
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Friday, 13 September 2019
A Talk by Tom Aitcheson on September 10th 2019
‘Do we know where we are going?’ was the witty title of a talk by Tom Aitchison, of Kintra and Hamilton, a long-standing supporter of RoMHC
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Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Bunessan Show 2019
As usual the Historical Centre had a presence at the show, somewhere between the cattle & sheep and ponies & dogs, with their keenly competing owners.
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Sunday, 7 July 2019
The Centre is now a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
The Trustees of the Ross of Mull Historical Centre are delighted to announce that the Centre is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
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Monday, 17 June 2019
Annual Easter Duck Race
Having weathered well during the winter months the ducks were itching to get back in the water and stretch their wings. 141 ducks took to the water
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Monday, 17 June 2019
Written in the Landscape – an archives workshop
The Historical Centre received an invitation to a workshop entitled "Written in the Landscape" from Alison Diamond, Archivist for the Argyll Estates
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Thursday, 29 November 2018
Remembering the Ross: Celebrations and Ceilidhs
The theme of our "Remembering the Ross" gathering on November 28th was celebrations and ceilidhs.
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Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Memories of WW1 in Iona and Creich
Iona author E. Mairi MacArthur got in touch after reading an article about the names on the local war memorials in the autumn 2018 RoMHC newsletter.
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Thursday, 1 November 2018
Remembering the Ross
A gathering of local people with long connections to the Ross of Mull took place in Creich Hall on Wednesday October 31st.
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Saturday, 27 October 2018
Celebrating 21 Years of the Ross of Mull Historical Centre
21 years of the Ross of Mull Historical Centre was celebrated at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday October 27th.
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Sunday, 22 April 2018
The enigma of Kilpatrick - Cille-Phadraig,
The name Kilpatrick, or Cille-Phadraig, literally means Chapel of St. Patrick, yet there are no known written records of the existence of a chapel,
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Friday, 13 April 2018
A Tiny Treasure
An arrowhead was found on Ardtun on low-quality crofting land, typical of Mull, usually thick with bracken but the area had been recently cleared.
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Wednesday, 11 April 2018
The Secrets of Scoor Cave
Scoor Cave, decorated with fascinating symbols, is situated at the head of a narrow inlet on the rocky shore of the south coast of the Ross of Mull
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Sunday, 1 April 2018
A Real Creel
Among the artefacts in the Museum there’s now a creel. one that is different in several ways from those mass-produced and delivered to the local piers
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