John Cameron b.1700circa

Glen Loy, Lochaber in 1998

Glen Loy was one of the lands disputed between the Macintoshes and the Camerons for over three hundred years. The area was occupied by the Erracht branch of the Cameron Clan throughout this time. The white house is Erracht House, the ancestral site of that family.

John Cameron was born in Kilmonivaig parish, which is a very large parish stretching from just behind he camera to Rannoch Station.

Below is a closer photograph of the present-day Erracht House. Sir Allan Cameron of Erracht was born here in 1750. He founded the Cameron Highlanders and led them during the Napoleonic wars.