Distance 9.3 miles.
The ruined buildings beyond Laggan seem to be related to salt pan activity and the "well" is an old coal pit. See map.
Harold Macmillan's grandfather was Daniel, born at Cock Farm (on map) in 1813. He was the 10th of 12 children . A year after his father's death in 1824, he left the island, aged 11, to be apprenticed to a bookseller in Irvine. Seven years later he moved to Glasgow and then to Cambridge with his brother Alexander to open a bookshop there. They established Macmillan and Co publishers in 1843.
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Thanks Paul. Very interesting!
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