Monument record MHG5214 - Peingown
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 4009 7162 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG47SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILMUIR |
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NG47SW 10 4010 7162.
(NG 4010 7162) Kilmuir was formerly famous for its pipers, but they are now extinct. When the Macdonalds resided in the parish a free grant of the lands of Peingowen, a hamlet in the place, was given to the MacArthurs, traditional pipers to the MacDonalds. Peingowen, therefore, was a sort of piping school and a little green hill in close vicinity to Peingowen, called Cnoc-phail, was the general rendezvous of the MacArthurs and their pupils.
NSA 1845.
Nothing remains of this piping school but, according to the surviving Kilmuir Macarthur, (Donald MacAurthur, Kilmuir) a croft, No.2 Peingowen, at present unoccupied, stands on its site.
Visited by OS (C F W) 26 April 1961.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG2597 Text/Publication/Volume: NSA. 1845. The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. Vol. 14, Inverness, 285.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
