Scottish History & the McMillans
On
the east shore of Loch Sween in Knapdale, Scotland is Castle
Sween; the earliest existing
stone castle in Scotland. It was build in the mid 1100's.
Castle
Sween was the residence of Alexander MacMillan, 5th of
Knap, and 12th Chief of the Clan
MacMillan. The great
oblong tower on the left and the cylindrical tower were added in the
late 1400's; the latter was called MacMillan's Tower. The
castle
was destroyed by Sir Alexander MacDonald in 1647.
R.H.
McMillan Jr stands next to Kilmory
Knap Chapel,
the first McMillan
church and cemetery in Knapdale, Scotland. It was built in
the 1100's.
The free standing 12 ft high cross, on of the finest in
Scotland,
marks the grave of Chief Alexander MacMillan who died in the late
1400's.
Finlaystone,
home of the Earls of Glencairn for four centuries, is now the seat of
the Chief of the Clan MacMillan, George
MacMillan, who owns and runs the
estate. The hear of the house (14th Century) was added to in
1760 and again in 1900 by Sir John Burnett for George Kidston, great
grand-father of Sir Gordon McMillan, the past chief. The tree
between the tower and the tent to the right is the yew tree under which
John Knox held his 1st reformation communion, Presbyterian
Church service.