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Crinan Canal, MacTavish stronghold, Argyll, Exploring Scotland's History
A trip along the full length of the Crinan Canal. We look at the history, including a recently discovered MacTavish stronghold! We investigate the architectural and engineering successes and failures and learn of the people who helped shape what i s said to be the most beautiful shortcut in Britain.
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00:00 Intro
00:25 Ardrishaig Harbour and basin
12:59 Loch A'Bharain
15:18 P.O.W. camp
20:36 Crinan

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@ExploringScotlandsHistory 2 роки тому

If you enjoy Scottish history and stunning Scottish countryside, please like the video and drop me a comment !! Subscribe to catch my next adventure. Feel free to join me on Instagram and Facebook, both Exploring Scotland's History !! Thanks for watching 🤗🤗 Feel free to catch me on my downtime too at The Celtic She Shed ukposts.info/the/38RJVjMV3-nZfYmJQLqKQA.html

@Logielogie44 2 роки тому

Absolutely lobved this episode! Very informative and a wonderful "hidden" gem! Owen - Scottish History Pod.

@ExploringScotlandsHistory 2 роки тому

Thanks Owen. Least we got the weather, its a must see in Argyll in my opinion.

@MultiMoo20 2 роки тому

I love your channel!! I’m learning a lot!! Your country has always been on my bucket list to visit. Ireland too!! I have family that immigrated from there back in the 1800s. I’ll be watching till the end!! ❤️ I’m in Florida USA

@ExploringScotlandsHistory 2 роки тому

Thank you so much!! Enjoy!!

@CowboyJojosAdventures 2 роки тому

Go Muscles....😂 Great history as always. Very interesting Canal. Great bridge and Managers Residence. I enjoyed your explanation how the Canal Locks work. Cool Swing Bridge. Loved the cottages you were cycling by. The Loch looks lovely. Those ruins are still there, thats pretty amazing. WoW! Scotland had Italian P.O.Ws as we in Australia did too, in Murchinson, Victoria. Another cute cottage 17:18 Love the little light house and white washed cottages. Lots of History along this journey. Thank you for sharing. Have a great week.

@ExploringScotlandsHistory 2 роки тому

Ha ha. Glad you enjoyed it. And you passed the video pop quiz after too!! We were lucky we got the weather for it, a stunning day out!! Thanks for watching, take care xx

@margaretsmallallan28 2 роки тому

And here is old Tich, once again! That looked a scorcher of a day, when you filmed this great wee video! These videos mean so much more to me, and as an Argyllshire lassie, there is a lot of history that I know not a thing about! In my nearly 70 years, I never ever got to this lovely wee place, I knew the canal was there, but little else! It must have been great for puffers, yachts etc. to go through this way, avoiding the often turbulent waters of the Mull of Kintyre. It was interesting to hear that the canal got narrower till it reached Crinan, as the Malcolms of Poltalloch, surely benefitted from it, and they were not short of a bob or two! The scenery around the canal, and the wee lock-keepers cottages, whitewashed with lovely wee gardens is really tranquil, and steadied my racing heart and brain, due to a flitting in a month's time, and I'm sitting here in old He himself's midden, boxes and bags everywhere. I need to get rid of 9/10 of my possessions,and cannot decide what is vital to take or throw out! Never mind, at the end of it, I'll be back home in Oban once more, and able to see all these places which you have made so far, and educate my old mind, if I can find the bloody thing! Ha-ha. Thankyou Julie and Martin for all your exertions on my behalf.

@ExploringScotlandsHistory 2 роки тому

Funny you mention Malcolm, he will be discussed again when I do village of Ardrishaig 😉 He got himself everywhere at a time lol

@supersusanator5682 2 роки тому

What a lovely bycicle ride… wish I was riding alongside you! Just beautiful! And yes, kids will be kids… 🤣❤️

@ExploringScotlandsHistory 2 роки тому

Aye, that wee fella caught me off guard 🤣 I would enjoy it more in slightly cooler weather I think 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@scotlandshistory 2 роки тому

Absolutely superb! I'm learning so much. Keep up the good work!

@ExploringScotlandsHistory 2 роки тому

Thank you Valerie! We were impressed by your tale of the MacDougall lady of Ardmaddy too xx

@scotlandshistory 2 роки тому

@@ExploringScotlandsHistory Thank you, hoped you would like that one!

@denisea871 2 роки тому

Wonderful video! What a fun bike trip. You got to see some amazing things! I loved the locks and all the explanation of how they worked. I loved the ending. :) It made me laugh. Thank you! :D Have a great week.

@ExploringScotlandsHistory 2 роки тому

Yes, after all day on the bike, I was too hot and bothered to deal with that young comedian 🤣🤣🤣 Glad you enjoyed it x

@channel9r 2 роки тому

Splendid! And fine to see the Puffer.

@ExploringScotlandsHistory 2 роки тому

Wasn't sure if she would have been there, she's a lovely looking beast!

@melblues3847 2 роки тому

Thanks for taking us along. There is an Italian prisoner of war camp just a few miles from me, the buildings are mainly used as small business units. There is a church in one of them which I hope to see one day. Apparently the prisoners were taken out to help on the farms and many stayed in the area after the war.

@ExploringScotlandsHistory 2 роки тому

I think many did hang around. I have friends of Italian descent in Northern Ireland, they had an ice cream shop, their grandparents were sent to a POW camp on the Isle of Man for the duration of the war " just in case". Sounds ludicrous but I guess folk were nervous.... One brother after the war came back to Northern Ireland and reopened the shop, the other stayed on the Isle of Man and opened his own ice cream parlour!!

@christinamatheny531 2 роки тому

Thanks Julie heard of Tedford designing some of the locks not James Watts didn’t catch the others. It looks rather wide compared to many narrow boat canals and Locks.

@ExploringScotlandsHistory 2 роки тому

James Rennie was the other boy responsible. I think parts of it are wider as it took all manner of craft, to avoid it having to go the long way, which involved very dangerous seas.