Legend has it that Colin Campbell, a Scottish merchant, was foully
murdered in the woods of Lettermore. You can follow the murderer’s trail just
outside Lochabar, where the wood remains today, and a cairn marks the site of
the murder. You can just picture the perfect scene; taking a quiet stroll with
no-one else around, unknown that a marksman is taking his place somewhere above
you on the hillside. The road must have been a fairly used one for the body to
have been found; otherwise the murderer could have simply hid the body in the
woods (unless of course, he wasn’t travelling alone). History often asks us to
assume certain details; but unless it is declared then who are we to believe
which version of events? It was also the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson’s
novel,
Kidnapped, as that was the
setting for the novel. But you do get some great views of Ballachulish and the surrounding
area.
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