The Martyrs' Horn
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Image: © Bob Embleton Taken: 13 Aug 2010
Inside Borrodale Primary School - currently used as a cafe. This was John MacPherson's horn dating from 1883. It was used to warn the crofters when the authorities arrived during their struggle for land reform. Not only were fifty fully armed policemen used to arrest the ringleaders, but four Naval gunboats were sent to the Colbost jetty. They unloaded three regiments of marines, two of infantry and one of artillery.
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