Trumpan

Trumpan (Scottish Gaelic: Trumpan) is a hamlet located on the Vaternish peninsula in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish council area of the Highland.

Trumpan Church, which is now a ruin, was the focus of a particularly brutal incident in 1578, when the Clan MacDonald of Uist travelled to Trumpan in eight boats and, under cover of a thick mist, burnt alive all the worshipping church-goers, with only one member managing to escape.

This led to instant retribution by Clan MacLeod, who killed all the invaders before they had time to flee the island.

[1] Trumpan churchyard is the burial ground of Rachel Chiesley, Lady Grange, whose husband had her kidnapped and incarcerated on various Hebridean islands.

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The ruins of Trumpan church