Qualla: Corriechatachan https://qualla.com/corriechatachan en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:24 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/5/v/corriechatachan-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Corriechatachan https://qualla.com/corriechatachan Corriechatachan: Introduction https://qualla.com/corriechatachan/ Photo credit Bryanmackinnon, Public domain. The name is Gaelic for "corrie of the wild cats" - a corrie being a high bowl carved by ice, the wild cats being long gone. The farmstead itself lies at the foot of Beinn na Caillich near Broadford on Skye, between two brooks, with one of the highest hills on the island rising behind it. Until about 1790 it belonged to a cadet branch of Clan Mackinnon and served as a tack - a tenanted farm with social standing. Its place in the literary record comes from a single visit, or rather two visits, in 1773, when Samuel Johnson and James Boswell arrived on their famous tour of the Highlands and found themselves drawn into the warmth of Mackinnon hospitality.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/5/v/corriechatachan-wp/gf5v-corriechatachan-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Corriechatachan: "A House Very Pleasantly Situated" https://qualla.com/corriechatachan/ Photo credit Bryanmackinnon, Public domain. Johnson, never given to enthusiasm without reason, wrote: "From Armidel we came at night to Coriatachan, a house very pleasantly situated between two brooks, with one of the highest hills of the island behind it. It is the residence of Mr. Mackinnon, by whom we were treated with ...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/5/v/corriechatachan-wp/gf5v-corriechatachan-a-house-very-pleasantly-situated.mp3 0:06 2 full Corriechatachan: The Lap of the Rambler https://qualla.com/corriechatachan/ Photo credit Bryanmackinnon, Public domain. On their second visit, Boswell recorded a scene he found highly comic: "This evening one of our married ladies, a lively pretty little woman, good-humouredly sat down upon Dr Johnson's knee, and, being encouraged by some of the company, put her hands round his neck, and kissed hi...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/5/v/corriechatachan-wp/gf5v-corriechatachan-the-lap-of-the-rambler.mp3 0:06 3 full Corriechatachan: Pennant and the Tourists Who Followed https://qualla.com/corriechatachan/ Photo credit Bryanmackinnon, Public domain. Johnson and Boswell were not the first literary travellers through this country. Thomas Pennant had passed through in 1769, on the travels that produced A Tour of Scotland in 1769 (1771) - a book that did much to make the Highlands fashionable for educated travel. Pennant's accou...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/5/v/corriechatachan-wp/gf5v-corriechatachan-pennant-and-the-tourists-who-followed.mp3 0:06 4 full Corriechatachan: The Move to Broadford https://qualla.com/corriechatachan/ Photo credit Bryanmackinnon, Public domain. The Mackinnons left Corriechatachan around 1790 and moved to Corry Lodge in Broadford, the larger village nearby. The reasons are not recorded with much detail - likely a combination of changing economics, the growing convenience of village life, and the slow drift of tacksmen to...

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