Strath of Kildonan

Although the men on horse back escaped, another small group who were employed by the Sutherland Estate to carry out evictions as part of the Highland Clearances were caught in the Strath of Kildonan and surrounded by a mob of about 100 people.

These Sutherland Estate employees were mostly shepherds and were permitted to leave as long as they did not return and their leader was told not show his face in the Strath of Kildonan again.

[1] In 1869, gold was found in the Strath and was exploited by local crofters and outside prospectors until the enterprise became unprofitable.

A following depression in the local economy caused crofters to resume gold digging, which by 1886 brought them into conflict with the Sutherland Estates.

The A897 road runs along the strath, as does the Far North Line, with Kildonan railway station halfway along.