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Bha mi ag innse dhuibh mu Chaisteal Loch nan Doirb. Chaidh a thogail o chionn c貌rr is seachd ceud bliadhna. Tha e na thobhta a-nise.

Tha Loch nan Doirb a鈥� ciallachadh 鈥�the loch of the minnows鈥�. 鈥橲 e an t-allt a ruitheas a-mach 脿s an loch an Dorback Burn. 始S e sin Allt nan Doirbeag. Tha doirbeag a鈥� ciallachadh 鈥�minnow, tadpole or any very small fish鈥�.

Air t矛r-m貌r, air taobh an iar an locha, tha ainm-脿ite inntinneach 鈥� Achadh na Deanntaige 鈥榯he field of the nettle鈥�. Achadh na Deanntaige. Chan aithne dhomh ainm-脿ite sam bith eile anns a bheil an eileamaid deanntag.

Bu ch貌ir dhomh a bhith mothachail dha sin air an latha a chaidh mi a-null don eilean. Ach cha robh. Chaidh mi ann ann an ge貌la rubair. Chuir mi briogais ghoirid orm agus br貌gan sp貌rs gun stocainnean oir bha mo chasan gu bhith bog fliuch. Ach, nuair a r脿inig mi an t-eilean, bha an t-uabhas de dheanntagan ann! Bha p脿irtean dhen eilean far nach robh comas agam coiseachd.

Tha an caisteal iongantach. Tha na ballachan tiugh agus 脿rd. Tha iad aig oir an eilein, os cionn a鈥� chladaich. Anns a鈥� mheadhan, eadar na ballachan, tha mar gum biodh achadh, l脿n fe貌ir. Bha togalaichean eile 鈥� togalaichean fiodha 鈥� an sin uaireigin.

鈥橲 ann leis na Cuimeanaich 鈥� the Comyns 鈥� a bha Loch nan Doirb. Th脿inig iad 脿 faisg air Lille anns an Fhraing bho th霉s. Bha sinnsear aca cuide ri Uilleam, Di霉c Normandaidh, a rinn a鈥� ch霉is air na Sasannaich aig Bl脿r Hastings. Fhuair iad fearann ann an Alba.

Anns an treas linn deug, bha na Cuimeanaich am measg nan teaghlaichean a bu chumhachdaiche ann an Alba. Nuair a chaochail R矛gh Alasdair III, a鈥� f脿gail Alba gun mhonarc, bha Iain Cuimeanach am measg nan daoine a bha a鈥� riaghladh na d霉thcha. Bha sin gus an tigeadh Mairead, 脪igh Nirribhidh, gu 矛re. Ged a bha e Normanach air aon taobh, bha a shinnsireachd air an taobh eile a鈥� dol air ais gu D貌mhnall B脿n. B鈥� esan an R矛gh G脿idhealach mu dheireadh aig Alba. Bidh tuilleadh agam mu na Cuimeanaich agus Loch nan Doirb an-ath-sheachdain.

I was telling you about Lochindorb Castle. It was built over seven hundred years ago. It is now a ruin.

Loch nan Doirb means 鈥榯he loch of the minnows鈥�. The burn that flows out of the loch is the Dorback Burn. That is Allt nan Doirbeag. Doirbeag means 鈥榤innow, tadpole or any very small fish鈥�.

On the mainland, on the western side of the loch, there is an interesting place name - Achadh na Deanntaige 鈥榯he field of the nettle鈥�. Achadh na Deanntaige. I don鈥檛 know any other place name in which there is the element deanntag.

I should have been aware of that on the day I went over to the island. But I wasn鈥檛. I went there in a rubber dinghy. I put on short trousers and trainers without socks because my feet were going to be soaked. But when I reached the island there were heaps of nettles there! There were parts of the island where I couldn鈥檛 walk.

The castle is amazing. The walls are thick and high. They are at the end of the island, above the shore. In the middle, between the walls, there is, as it were, a field full of grass. Other buildings 鈥� wooden buildings 鈥� were there at one time.

Lochindorb was owned by the Comyns. They came from near Lille in France originally. An ancestor of theirs was with William, Duke of Normandy, who defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings. They obtained land in Scotland.

In the thirteenth century, the Comyns were among the most powerful families in Scotland. When King Alexander III died, leaving Scotland without a monarch, John Comyn was among the people governing the country. That was until Margaret, Maid of Norway, reached maturity. Although he was Norman on one side, his ancestry on the other side went back to D貌mhnall B脿n. He was the last Gaelic king of Scotland. I鈥檒l have more on the Comyns and Lochindorb next week.