FORMER Argyll and Bute archivist Murdo MacDonald led a fascinating event at Stroneskar, Ford.
Young pipers tutored by Rod Buchanan, Kilmartin, marched over the bridge at Clachandhu to give a brilliant atmospheric start to the evening, before Murdo outlined the history of the stone-built arched bridge.
First mooted in 1759 to replace a ford in the river, it was built around 1764 at a final cost of £4,200.