Strathnairn Heritage Association

Strathnairn Heritage Association Community heritage association Strathnairn Heritage Association (SHA) was set up in 1999 to collect, collate and archive the history and heritage of this glen.
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Since then it has gathered together a lot of material that will be of interest to present, and future, generations of Strathnairn residents. We have, also, created a website strathnairnheritage.org.uk that gives some information and stories about the glen. About four years ago, SHA went into abeyance as one of our main activists had left the area and because we had no premises in which to store an

d exhibit the material gathered. Early in 2022, the SHA committee was revived and we have ten enthusiastic members who are urgently trying to secure a home for its records, photos, maps, artefacts, etc which can be a place of education for local schools, and others, to visit and learn more about the history of this glen. We, also, hope to be able to hold small scale lectures and video shows in which the history can be taught to all that are interested. If you wish to become a member of SHA, and you are a resident of Strathnairn, then just contact us by message giving your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. As a member, we will keep you updated on events and projects as they appear. You will also, if you wish, be able to join our new committee that will be created at our AGM in November 2022.

15/06/2026

CI/5/3/222/1/2 Farr School Log Book, 1900-1939

This page from the Farr Primary School log book shows entries from June 1926, one hundred years ago. The entry at the top of the page notes that, thanks to three new pupils, the number of children on the register is now at its highest under that headmaster’s tenure – at a total of 44!

With kind permission from the land owner, SHA volunteers cleared windblown trees from around Clach an Airm this morning....
15/06/2026

With kind permission from the land owner, SHA volunteers cleared windblown trees from around Clach an Airm this morning. Several trees lying across the footpath were also cut back to allow for easier access.

For more information on the Clach an Airm, please visit https://www.strathnairnheritage.org.uk/pics-and-stories-1

13/06/2026

Don’t forget: this is happening tomorrow in the hall. Everyone welcome!

A real opportunity to recognise, support and promote the heritage of Strathnairn and neighbouring communities.
04/06/2026

A real opportunity to recognise, support and promote the heritage of Strathnairn and neighbouring communities.

📢 CORRIEGARTH & ABERARDER COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND

The Corriegarth and Aberarder Community Benefit Fund, provided by SSEN as part of its wind farm developments, presents an exciting opportunity to invest in projects that benefit our community.

In the coming months, residents will be invited to take part in a community survey to help shape the future of the fund. As well as identifying local priorities, the survey will ask for views on how and when the funding should be spent, and how the fund should be structured and administered, including who should be responsible for distributing the money.

Funding could help deliver key priorities identified in the Community Action Plan (CAP), supporting projects and improvements that strengthen our community now and for future generations.

When the survey launches, we encourage everyone to get involved. The more people who participate, the better the fund can reflect the needs, aspirations and priorities of our community.

Keep an eye out for further information coming soon!

For more information go to: https://www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/information-centre/community-benefit-funding/funds/aberarder-and-corriegarth-local-fund/

04/06/2026

By the middle of the 19th century, Scotland had one of the highest literacy rates in Europe. This was not an accident. It was the direct result of a parish school system established in 1696, which required every parish in Scotland to maintain a school and a schoolmaster. The ambition was religious — the Church of Scotland wanted every person capable of reading scripture for themselves — but the outcome was broader than anyone had planned.

Among the communities shaped most quietly by this were shepherds. Their work placed them alone on hillsides for hours, sometimes entire days, with no company except dogs and livestock. For men who had been taught to read, that silence became an opportunity rather than a burden. Small books — psalters, portions of scripture, collected sermons, later poetry and natural history — were carried in jacket pockets worn smooth from use. These were not decorative. The books were handled constantly, read in pieces during resting hours, memorised in parts, and discussed on the rare occasions when shepherds met.

The pocket psalter in particular was so common among Highland and Lowland shepherds that several accounts from ministers and travellers in the early 19th century remark on finding men on remote hillsides who could recite long passages from memory and discuss theological questions with precision. The books themselves were built for this life — small enough to fit in a working pocket, printed in dense type, often bound in stiff leather that could survive weather and repeated handling.

This habit of reading on the hill was not a performance of piety. It was what literate men did when they had time and quiet. The solitude that might have been empty became, for many, genuinely rich. When those shepherds came home in the evening, they brought something back with them beyond what the day's work had asked for.

04/06/2026

📢 We’ve got a brand new Instagram account!

Click the link below and give us a follow to learn more about our projects, check out our latest initiatives (see post!), and stay up to date with all the goings-on around the Strath.

https://www.instagram.com/strathnairndevelopmentco/

02/06/2026

🎥 FREE MOVIE NIGHT AT FARR HALL 🎥

Come along on Sunday 14th June at 17:00 for a screening of the inspiring short documentary, Together We Grow.

Discover the powerful story of a New Zealand community transforming lives through shared gardens and connection. Stay with us afterward for tea, coffee, homebaking, and an informal chat.

✨ Entry is free (donations for baking gratefully received!).

👇 See the poster below for more details.

02/06/2026

📢 CORRIEGARTH & ABERARDER COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND

The Corriegarth and Aberarder Community Benefit Fund, provided by SSEN as part of its wind farm developments, presents an exciting opportunity to invest in projects that benefit our community.

In the coming months, residents will be invited to take part in a community survey to help shape the future of the fund. As well as identifying local priorities, the survey will ask for views on how and when the funding should be spent, and how the fund should be structured and administered, including who should be responsible for distributing the money.

Funding could help deliver key priorities identified in the Community Action Plan (CAP), supporting projects and improvements that strengthen our community now and for future generations.

When the survey launches, we encourage everyone to get involved. The more people who participate, the better the fund can reflect the needs, aspirations and priorities of our community.

Keep an eye out for further information coming soon!

For more information go to: https://www.ssen-transmission.co.uk/information-centre/community-benefit-funding/funds/aberarder-and-corriegarth-local-fund/

02/06/2026
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