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The ruins of Ardchattan Priory, covered with luxuriant ivy, and o'er-canopied by lofty trees, soon came in sight on the starboard side. "The monks of old, wise in their generation, chose pleasant places for their residences," observed the admiral, pointing to the ruins. "They must have been of great benefit to the surrounding population in those turbulent times," said Mrs Murray.
In the first decade of the eighteenth century Aulay Macaulay, the great-grandfather of the historian, was minister of Tiree and Coll; where he was "grievously annoyed by a decreet obtained after instance of the Laird of Ardchattan, taking away his stipend."
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