Books by local authors and other related items like the 1898 reproduction maps

A specially chosen selection of books and other items which I hope may be of interest to those prowsing this site.

These are also available to buy here at Kintaline .
We will be donating a percentage of the profits from the sale of these books to the Ardchattan Archive, to enable the purchase of more certificates and records to further the parish archive project.

Map :- Oban 1898 Godfrey Edition Price is   £2.25 UK postage is £1.00	OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP OF SCOTLAND : - OBAN 1898 Argyllshire Sheet 98.07 THE GODFREY EDITION This reprint first published May 2008 Reduced from the original Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4340 or about 15 inches to the mile This super reprint map is a must for the historian, genealogist and any one interested in local history of the Coastal town of OBAN between the 1881 and 1901 census period. On the reverse, it includes an Introduction on the history of the area by Dr Gilbert T Bell, together with further map. This is reduced from the Original Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map to a scale of approximately 1:4340 (or about 15" to the mile). This map showing large scale plans in a clear and attractive way, Showing streets, virtually every house, factories, schools, churches, etc. This map would also be of interest to anyone visiting the area. This map covers the area from Brandy Rock, Craig Dhu, Brandystone Cottage, Dungrianach, Dungallan House, Manor House, South Pier, Cruachan House, Railway Quarry, Goods Shed, Crescent Road, Manse, Glenmore Road, and plots of land below, Engine Shed, Goods Station, Glenshellach Terrace, High Street, Smithy, Royal Hotel, Post Office, Aird's Crescent, Terminus, Station Hotel, King's Arms Hotel, Caledonian Hotel, Argyll Street, George Street, North Pier, Peter Street, Alexander Road, Marine Hotel, William Street, Church, Great Western Hotel, Corran Esplanade, St Columba's R C Pro Cathedral,Barr Cruinn, Deanery Brae, school, Breadalbane Street, Dril Hall, U P Manse, Dalriach Road, Battery Road, Gas Works, Hill Street, School, Free Church, etc ( just an example of streets and places ) The map on the reverse covers from Glenmore Wood, Altuaeraig, Glenna Mor, Curling Pond, Druim na Raschoille, McKelvie Isolation Hospital, Lon Mor, Callander & Oban Railway Line, High School, Mill Farm, Gas Works, Torran Gorm.		AROUND THE PARISH What happened here - when? : Ice Age : Early Man : Bronze age : Iron Age : Picts and Celts : Vikings : The Clans : 1600's 1700's : 1800's : 1900's : Ferlochan : Letterwalton : Around Dalintober : Barcaldine Castle : Culcharan : Seabank to Shian : Balure of Shian : Eriska : Ardentinny : Fuarachy : Balure, Lochnell : Lochnell : Shenavalle : Kinloch : Moss : Barvullin : Kintaline : Keil Crofts : Selma : The modern Village : Craigneuk : Ledaig : Old Parish Records : BMD from 1855 : 1841 : 1851 : 1861 : 1871 : 1881 : 1891 : 1901 : Graveyards : Statisical Accounts 17?? and 18?? : Webcam : Current Weather : Flora : Fauna : An t'Sailean Salt Marsh : Local Nature Reserve : Ardmucknish Bay : Geology : Chalybeate Spring : Graveyards : Occupations : Forestry : Fishing : Farming : Railway : Tourism :> Local businesses : Trades : Old Images around the area : Maps of the area : Surnames : Tartans and Insignia : Donate to the project : Our locality : Families : Photographs : History Forum : Contact Us : Kintaline Plant and Poultry Centre : Site sponsors - and very useful genealogical / historical resources
Map:- Campbeltown Map 1898 Godfrey Edition Sheet 257.08 published 2006, intro by Gilbert Bell Price is   £2.25 UK postage is £1.50	OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP OF SCOTLAND : - CAMPBELTOWN 1898 Argyllshire Sheet 257.08 THE GODFREY EDITION This reprint first published 2006 This detailed map of Kintyre's principal town is double-sided to provide maximum coverage. Features include the Old Quay and New Quay, Dalintober, Kinloch Public Park, Balegreggan Glen, Balegreggan Hill, Drumore House, Calton Hill, Benmore Distillery, Highland Distillery, Glenside Distillery, Town Mill, Mill Knowe, Glengyle Distillery, Glennevis Distillery, Ardlussa Distillery, Kinloch Distillery, other unnamed distilleries, Castlehill Church, Poorhouse, Meadowburn Distillery, Springside Distillery, Burnside Distillery, Witchburn, Gaelic Church, terminus of Campbeltown & Machrihanish Railway, prison.
Map:- Rothesay Map 1896 Godfrey Edition Buteshire Sheet 204.06 published 2009; introduction by Gilbert Bell Price is   £2.25 UK postage is £1.50	OLD ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP OF SCOTLAND : - ROTHESAY 1896 Buteshire Sheet 204.06 THE GODFREY EDITION This reprint first published 2009 This detailed map covers the town of Rothesay, on the Island of Bute. Most of the town is covered, with coverage extending from Mackinlay Street southward to St Mary's church. Features include Castle, Inner and Outer Harbours, saw mills, Ballochgay, tramway, Esplanade, Foley House, town centre shown in detail with buildings all neatly delineated, Barony Road area, Craigborach Wood etc. We include extracts from a trade directory on the reverse.
Book :- Saved by the Sea by Mark Oakley Price is   £5.99 UK postage is £1.50	Stories of some of the heart-warming rescues of creatures from the sea by Sea Life Centres: including that of Muddy the Striped Dolphin, Missie and Silver the Brighton dolphins who were flown back to Turks and Caicos, Picasso the turtle and a sunfish who has a splint on his fin. ‘Fascinating. This could turn me into a fish watcher.’ - Bill Oddie Featuring Barcaldine's very own Terry on the front cover.
Book :- Lismore, the Great Garden Robert Hay published 2009 Price is   £20.00 UK postage is £2.00	Lismore - The Great Garden From their first sight of Tirefour Broch, dominating approaches from mainland, visitors to the Isle of Lismore can explore an outstanding heritage of monuments to the past - Bronze Age cairns, medieval castles, the Cathedral of Argyll, carved graveslabs, deserted townships and watermills, not to mention a Stevenson lighthouse. Talking to islanders, they soon realise that there is also a long and unbroken tradition of Gaelic culture. This is a guidebook to the story of Lismore, placing the events in the context of the times. Because of its strategic position at the mouth of the Great Glen and its fertility, as a limestone island, Lismore played an important part in the prehistory and early history of the West Highlands and Islands, not least as the headquarters of the community of Celtic monks founded by St Moluag. Colonised by the Vikings, and forming part of the extensive empire of the Gallgael leader Somerled, it was at the centre of the complex power play between the rulers of Norway and the emerging Scottish nation. The MacDougalls built castles and established the diocese of Argyll on the island, but lost possession in the Wars of Independence, and it passed through the hands of the Stewarts to the Argyll and Glenorchy Campbells, who protected it from the effects of warfare and raiding, including the Jacobite Rebellions. The enthusiasm of the Campbells for keeping records provides an opportunity to discover a great deal about the lives of the ordinary people, and the fact that there was limited immigration before the middle of the nineteenth century means that the census records give a clear picture of a closed community undergoing rapid change.
Book :- Queen Hynde of Beregonium SIGNED COPY by William Clark Price is   £5.95 UK postage is £1.00	QUEEN HYNDE of Berigonium, Scotland by James Hogg (Abridged by William Clark) A stirring, verse account of adventure and romance set in the early Scotland of saints and swordsmen. The young, Scottish Queen Hynde must rule, and seek a husband, whilst in imminent peril from a sea-borne Viking attack. The author claimed the tale to be true, handed down in story and song, and without doubt many characters are historically authentic.The remnants of Berigonium (also Beregonium), first palace of the Scots and original home of the Stone of Destiny, still exist on a vitrified, rocky hill in Benderloch, Argyll, Scotland. Whatever the truth, standing on the mighty cliff of the 'Fort of the King' and gazing westwards over the magnificent bay it is easy to imagine that great deeds once chose this land as their stage. And that some beautiful, royal lady gave birth to a legend whose shadows cling here for ever. Story Outline The story of Queen Hynde brings in St. Columba, the great monastic leader, as the Queen's loyal adviser. Known as "Calumn the Dove", he attempts to negotiate a peace with the Norse invaders but war breaks out. A powerful Viking warrior seeks to take Queen Hynde as his wife, and means to do so by force of arms. He has a young nephew of noble instincts who falls foul of "Wicked Wene" one of the queen's impish ladies-in-waiting. She is the most notable character in the book. Hogg has captured the spirit of teasing, mischievous young womanhood at its very best. The narrative ranges from Appin through Benderloch and Connel to Dunstaffnage and then across the water to Iona and Ireland. It moves to a climax with the priests of Odin about to sacrifice the maidens on the top of Berigonium, and offers an explanation of how the fortress became a vitrified remain. Paperback, 6"x9" 88 pages
Book :- Lismore, the Great Garden Robert Hay published 2009 Price is   £20.00 UK postage is £2.00	Lismore - The Great Garden From their first sight of Tirefour Broch, dominating approaches from mainland, visitors to the Isle of Lismore can explore an outstanding heritage of monuments to the past - Bronze Age cairns, medieval castles, the Cathedral of Argyll, carved graveslabs, deserted townships and watermills, not to mention a Stevenson lighthouse. Talking to islanders, they soon realise that there is also a long and unbroken tradition of Gaelic culture. This is a guidebook to the story of Lismore, placing the events in the context of the times. Because of its strategic position at the mouth of the Great Glen and its fertility, as a limestone island, Lismore played an important part in the prehistory and early history of the West Highlands and Islands, not least as the headquarters of the community of Celtic monks founded by St Moluag. Colonised by the Vikings, and forming part of the extensive empire of the Gallgael leader Somerled, it was at the centre of the complex power play between the rulers of Norway and the emerging Scottish nation. The MacDougalls built castles and established the diocese of Argyll on the island, but lost possession in the Wars of Independence, and it passed through the hands of the Stewarts to the Argyll and Glenorchy Campbells, who protected it from the effects of warfare and raiding, including the Jacobite Rebellions. The enthusiasm of the Campbells for keeping records provides an opportunity to discover a great deal about the lives of the ordinary people, and the fact that there was limited immigration before the middle of the nineteenth century means that the census records give a clear picture of a closed community undergoing rapid change.

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