Links

These links will take you to sites related to Kinloch Castle or Rum. If you have any favourite links you would like to share, or have your own related site that we have omitted, please e-mail the editor with the URL and we will add it to the listings.

Isle of Rum        The Rum Community’s own website

Calmac                The ferry company which can take you to Rum. The site includes all the timetables and prices

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)  The website of SNH the organisation responsible for the Isle of Rum and Kinloch Castle

Westword           The online version of the community newspaper for Mallaig, Morar, Arisaig, Lochailort, Glenfinnan, Knoydart, Glenuig and the Small Isles

BBC Your paintings The BBC website which guides the user to paintings in public ownership and includes illustrations and information about some of the paintings in Kinloch Castle

Edwin Waugh      The Lancashire Radical poet Edwin Waugh visited Rum at the behest of John Bullough, his patron. The Gerald Massey website gives the text of his poems and prose including that of ‘The Limping Pilgrim in his wanderings’ which begins with Waugh’s visit to Rum in 1882. 

Bullough Mausoleum The Monuments and Mausolea Trust have a website with details of examples all over the UK. This link takes you to the Bullough details.

Grandhotel Giessbach The Hotel Giessbach on Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland was the home of Bertha nee Schmidlin, John Bullough’s first wife. Her father was first employed to landscape the gardens then became the hotelier. The Grandhotel was built later and the origianl hotel is now used as staff accommodation.

Horseracing history of Sir George Bullough The National Horseracing Museum  website gives basic facts about George Bullough’s racing history.

Art Treasures of Kinloch Castle Blogspot by George Randall, Co-founder of Kinloch Castle friends Association