Notebook
A notebook of research notes on Glengyle and the MacGregors. Each entry is a standing page on a single topic (typically), kept at a permanent address and updated as new material turns up rather than filed away elsewhere. Some entries are settled; others are still work in progress and may be incomplete or revised as the research moves on.
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The Dalmally Carved Stones
Late medieval grave-slabs of the MacGregor chiefs, carved in the Loch Awe school and now displayed inside Glenorchy Parish Church at Dalmally.
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Burial Enclosure at Glengyle House
The 18th-century MacGregor of Glengyle burial enclosure to the west of Glengyle House, sometimes confused with the separate burial ground at Portnellan.
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Portnellan Burial Ground
The historic MacGregor burial ground at Portnellan on the north shore of Loch Katrine, raised onto a causeway when the loch level was lifted in 1922.
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Rob Roy's Grave at Balquhidder
The graves of Rob Roy MacGregor, his wife Mary, and two of their sons at the Old Parish Church in Balquhidder.
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Clan Gregor
The crest, plant badge and tartans of Clan Gregor - the parent clan of the MacGregors of Glengyle.
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Glen Gyle
The glen at the northwestern head of Loch Katrine, the historic heartland of Clann Dubhgall Cheire.
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Glengyle House
The house at the head of Loch Katrine, built around 1707 by Gregor Ghlun Dubh in preparation for his marriage to Mary Hamilton of Bardowie.
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Weather at Glengyle
Current weather forecast for the head of Loch Katrine, from MET Norway. Temperature in °C, wind in mph, rainfall in mm.
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Glengyle Area - Geograph Photos
An interactive map of the Glengyle area showing Geograph photos at their recorded locations. Pan and zoom to explore.
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Burial Enclosure Inscription
Working out the letters on the Glengyle House burial enclosure inscription, and what the stonework's evidence tells us about its date and patron.
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Glengyle and its owners
A transcription of John MacGregor, W.S.'s article in The Glasgow Herald of 3 June 1926 on the history of Glengyle and its owners, with the original clipping.
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Authors and sources
A register of authors cited in the archive - dates, qualifications, and copyright status of their works.
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Dougal Ciar and the chiefly line
What the sources actually say about how the Glengyle branch connects to the MacGregor chiefs - and what they don't.
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Chieftaincy line of Clan Dougal Ciar
A sketch of the chieftains of Clan Dougal Ciar from the eponym to the lateral succession of 1897.
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Glengyle on the map
A then-and-now Ordnance Survey map of Glengyle and the head of Loch Katrine, with a draggable divider between the late-Victorian survey and the present day.
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Scottish chieftaincy succession and revival
A note on how Scottish chiefly succession works and how a dormant chieftaincy is revived.
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The houses of Clan Gregor
A working catalogue of the principal cadet houses of Clan Gregor as Glen Discovery records them - founders, fork points, and what's documented for each.
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First Gregor and the chiefs of Clan Gregor
The chiefly line of Clan Gregor from the eponym Gregor down to the present chief - twenty-four generations and several lateral moves where the senior line failed.