Donald Cameron b.1730

Loch Rannoch viewed from the site of the hamlet of Finart, where Donald and Katrin brought up their four children, including Duncan.

Donald was born in 1730 in this small hamlet on the south-western shore of the loch, and married Katrin McGrigor in 1752. The McGrigors lived on the northern shore.

 

Proclamation of Marriage - extract from the Old Parish Register of Fortingall. The entry reads "Donald Cameron in Aldhonigan and Katrin McGrigor in Ardlarich both in this Parish were Lawfully Booked" The date is 3rd April 1752.

 

Scene of one of the legends of the Cameron Clan, this small loch can be seen to the left from the West Highland Railway, shortly after leaving Rannoch Station for Fort William.

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