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Picture No:5027
Courtesy of:Tina Glen-Riddell
Year:2009
GraveyardClachan Duich Old
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Alex. & Ellen (Fraser) Macrae, James & Mary.

Pray God have mercy/on the souls of ALEXANDER MACRAE/Patt, Monar/who died 27th March 1887/aged 92 years/and of/his beloved spouse/ELLEN FRASER/who died 16th June 1887/aged 86 years/and their son/JAMES MACRAE/born at Patt, Monar/on the 18th day of October 1843/died at Agas 12th day of February 1915/and their daughter/MARY MACRAE/who died 6th March 1929/aged 74.



[Plan no. 74 - link to Plan below].





Picture Added on 28 January 2009.


Comments

Patt, or Pait, Lodge has been under the waters of Loch Monar since a dam was built in the 1960s.

The following extract from the Kilmorack Heritage Association's excellent "Glens and Straths" publication, refers, I believe to this family.

"One of the more famous inhabitants of Pait was the whisky smuggler Alasdair Macrae, who settled at Pait in the 1830s, not only succeeding as a crofter but also exploiting the local deer in the days before the deer forests were created. He and his wife brought up ten children and one of his sons, James (Hamish Dhu), continued to live there with his sister Mary until 1911 when they both retired to live at Aigas."

See also 'The Dark Mile' by Iain Mackay, which has a chapter on The Highland Smuggler.


Added by Roddie Macpherson on 26 January 2010.

For more information on this subject see the following website.
Plan of Clachan Duich Burial Ground


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