The Coigach and Assynt Heritage Trail could not have happened without the knowledge and expertise volunteered by numerous people and organisations. In no particular order thanks are due to:
Cathy MacNeilage, Julia Campbell, Coigach Community Council, Malcolm Bangor Jones, Assynt Community Council, Ronan Martin, David Green, Mairi Thornton, Frances Ross, Boyd Alexander, Gordon Sleight, Helen O’Keefe, Dougie Cunningham, Bill Baxter, Gabby Rex, Iain Campbell, Peter Muir, The Jammery, Sandra and Murdo Macleod, The John Muir Trust, Assynt Estates, Drumbeg Grazings Committee, Inverpolly Estate, Coigach and Assynt Living Landscape, Highland Council, Ish Pendred, Abigail Anne Campbell, Stoer Village Hall, Visit Coigach, North Highland Initiative, Steve Pardue (Differentia Design), Ronan Martin (RM Design Agency)
Special thanks to Lisa NicDhòmhnaill and Gemma Smith for the Gaelic translations of place names in Coigach and Assynt respectively.
Project Coordinators: Ann Marie Firth-Bernard (Coigach Community Development Company), Dave McBain (Historic Assynt) and Seoras Burnett (researcher)
Resources
We are also indebted to the excellent source material which informed our project:
Peoples & Settlement In North West Ross, John R Baldwin
The Making of the Crofting Community, James Hunter
The Rock Path: R F Macleod
Prehistoric Roundhouses of Wester Ross
A Brief History of Assynt, Malcolm Bangor-Jones
Assynt Hidden Lives Project
The Assynt Clearances, Malcolm Bangor-Jones
If you would like to learn more the selection of links below will give you access to further rich material.
https://www.ssns.org.uk/monograph/peoples-and-settlement-in-northwest-ross-1994/
http://www.wedigs.co.uk/index.htm
https://www.discoverassynt.co.uk/castles-ruins
http://assyntfireandwater.aocarchaeology.com/
https://clachtoll.aocarchaeology.com/
https://librarylink.highland.gov.uk/LLFiles/303908/full_303908.pdf