The Glenlyon HS, Scotland, is run by local residents of Glenlyon (map)
with an interest in the local history of the glen.
Books and Other Sources
Over the years there have been
a number of books and written about Glen Lyon and its peoples and history.
Some of these books can still be relatively easily found or are available
in publication today. Others are quite rare and there are few copies available
except in libraries.
The Arrow of Glenlyon
by AAW Ramsay (The Life of Alasdair Macgregor
of Glenstrae, A Highland Gentleman of the Sixteenth Century)
The Black Book of Taymouth
The Chronicle of Fortingall 1390-1579
The Statistical Accounts
of Scotland 1791-1845. [Use the Edina resource
to view scanned pages from these publications. For the parish
of
Fortingall
which contains Glen Lyon there are articles from 1791 and
1834.]
Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the Highland People by General Stewart
of Garth
The Lairds of Glen Lyon by Duncan Campbell
The Book of Garth and Fortingall by Duncan Campbell
The Highland Tay by Hugh Macmillan; published 1901
Highland Perthshire by Duncan Fraser; published 1969
The Glen That Was by Alexandra Stewart; published 1975 [Daughter
of Alexander Stewart]
Daughters of the Glen by Alexandra Stewart; published 1986 [Daughter
of Alexander Stewart]
The Shieling (1600-1840) by Albert Bil; published 1990. This is a first
class analysis of the shieling culture of the central highlands of Scotland.
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