Placename
Gaelic name: Pairc na Clìb
Name in Original Source: Pairc na Clìb
English meaning: The glebe park
Placename feature: Field
Notes: The name for two large fields lying between the current boundary wall of Clachan Churchyard and the access road leading to Hartfield House. It was formerly part of the glebe held by the minister of Clachan Church and was good ground. In the 1960s, it was ploughed with heavy machinery (ruining much archaeological evidence) and planted with conifers which were felled c2000. One of the former ministers who held the glebe was Rverend Calum Laing, between 1917 and 1926. He also held (as a minister's prerogative) fishing rights to a stretch of Applecross river. On being challenged by the gamekeeper on one occasion, Laing threw off his jacket, rolled up his sleeves and asked the keeper on which bank of the river he'd prefer to sort out the disagreement - the keeper backed off. (Tradition from Duncan Murchison, 14th November 2012)
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Feature Co-ordinates: 57.44399,-5.81092
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