A strange visitor to Ardnamurchan in 1801
Between 1796 and 1802, a strange figure was to be seen wandering around the Highlands and Islands mounted on a white horse wearing a leather cap trimmed with brown fur and a tartan cloak. Her name was Mrs Murray from Kensington, London, who was collecting material for a book she called, A Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland.
The summer of 1801 found her in Appin and Ballachulish, where she crossed Loch Linnhe by boat to Inversanda en route to the Strontian lead mines to collect Strontianite.