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Arichonan

Near Bellanoch, Argyll

A clearance village where the people fought back.

Arichonan was a farming township in Knapdale. In 1848 the landowner tried to evict its people, but they and their neighbours fought back, and the sheriff's officers were driven off.

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When
Cleared 1848
Where
56.0600, -5.6000
Group
Lost & drowned villages

Visiting

A forest walk from the Crinan Canal at Bellanoch.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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