Scotland Magazine

TRAVELS WITH TOM

The last chief of the Macfies stood fast with his trusty hound in his final redoubt: a cave above the beautiful beach at Killoran. Finally, his enemies dug through from the top and slew him, ending his clan’s long hold on the Isle of Colonsay.

Or did they? Another account has the last chief, Malcolm, shot to death

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