. Renaissance of the clan Maclean. Comprising also a history of Dubhaird Caisteal and the Great Gathering on August 24, 1912. Together with an appendix, containing letters of Gen'l Allan Maclean, narrative of an American party, a MacLean bibliography. [With plates, including portraits.]. e west of Scotland, and its position gives it a commandingappearance as one approaches it from the sea. The location hasbeen most admirably chosen. Before it to the south is a plain,somewhat rolling, which terminates at the foot o+ the mountains,and on the precipitous spot where the castle stands, rises to ahe
. Renaissance of the clan Maclean. Comprising also a history of Dubhaird Caisteal and the Great Gathering on August 24, 1912. Together with an appendix, containing letters of Gen'l Allan Maclean, narrative of an American party, a MacLean bibliography. [With plates, including portraits.]. e west of Scotland, and its position gives it a commandingappearance as one approaches it from the sea. The location hasbeen most admirably chosen. Before it to the south is a plain,somewhat rolling, which terminates at the foot o+ the mountains,and on the precipitous spot where the castle stands, rises to aheight of about one hundred feet. From the rock upon whichthe fortress stands, one may command a view in all directions,which is magnificent in its beauty. To the west is the Soundof Mull, which can be seen up to Tobermory, with Ben Moreto the southwest, and the hills of Moryern to the to the north extends Loch Linnhe, with the fertile isleof Lismore in the centre. Looking eastward one is enchantedby the panoramic view of the mountains from Ben Cruachan toBen Nevis. Thus the home of the ancient chief was not onlya powerful fortress that frowned upon the sea, but a place ofmagnificence and beauty. It is no wonder that the heart of 34 Renaissance of the Clan Renaissance of the Clan MacLean. 35 the Mac Lean has long yearned to return, and that the sing: Oh the island of Mull is an isle of delight,With the wave on the shore and the sun on the height,With the breeze on the hills, and the blast on the BensAnd the old green woods, and the old grassy glens. When the MacLeans first took possession of the castleand who constructed the same, would be impossible to all probability the castle is older than the line of chiefs. Suchevidence as still exists leads to the conclusion that Gilleans,the First chief, from whom the surname of MacLean isderived, an 1 who flourished about the year 1250, held largepossessions in Upper Mull, extending al
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