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Colvey, Wester Coillechat, Doune

by | Nov 22, 2020 | Gallery, General Interest, Shuna's Gallery | 0 comments

Coillechat (Wester) | Colvey | Doune

Visit to the Heads (Colvey). More than a pile of stones. The outline of two distinct “rooms”. Another beautiful spot on the hills between Doune and Callander, in the Wester Coillechat fields.

I will go back as I had company who showed me the way to the site. Heads (Colvey) is where one of Belinda Dettmann’s Stewarts lived. Snow on the mountains today for you Belinda.

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    • Shuna Mayes lives in Dunblane, Scotland well within hiking, biking or kayaking distance of every locale where a Stewart of Balquhidder once lived. She enjoys getting outside with her camera and capturing sights that we would never have access to without her generosity and enthusiasm. Shuna has traced her ancestry to an 18th century soldier named James Stewart, who is genetically linked to our clan, but remains frustratingly elusive in his exact relationship.

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    Shuna Mayes lives in Dunblane, Scotland well within hiking, biking or kayaking distance of every locale where a Stewart of Balquhidder once lived. She enjoys getting outside with her camera and capturing sights that we would never have access to without her generosity and enthusiasm. Shuna has traced her ancestry to an 18th century soldier named James Stewart, who is genetically linked to our clan, but remains frustratingly elusive in his exact relationship.

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