He prosecuted a feud with MacDonald of Dunyvag he was accused of causing to "strek the heid from Hector MacLean Allanson " of imprisoning Donald MacLean in Carnbulg and of having nine "maist honest men" and two women murdered at his instance in the Isle of Gigha. In 1579 Hector MacLean of Coll complained to the Council that he had been "utterlie wrakkit" 3 by Lachlan MacLean of Duart, who had captured his castle and destroyed its plenishing 4 for which Lachlan was summoned to appear within six days, or be put to the horn. In 1536 Hector MacLean, then of Duart, with Keppoch and others, signed a bond of Manrent 2 "vitht my hand at the pen," to George, Earl of Huntly, at the castle of that name (Spald. Her relations smothered their resentment for a time, but only to break out afterwards with greater violence for Duart, being in Edinburgh, was surprised when in bed, and assassinated by Sir John Campbell of Calder, the lady's brother. From this situation the intended victim was rescued by a boat passing, and conveyed to her brother's house. Lachlan resolved to get rid of his wife he caused her to be exposed on the rock, which was only visible at low water, intending that she should be swept away by the return of the tide. Lachlan Cattanach MacLean of Duart married Lady Elizabeth, a daughter of Archibald, Earl of Argyll, who fell at Flodden leading the vanguard and she was the heroine of that story connected with "The Lady's Rock," which lies between Lismore and the coast of Mull. Two buildings of more recent date, one of which was occupied as a garrison in the last century, connected by a high wall with the keep, form an oblong square of 120 by 72 feet.Īmong the list of the slain at Flodden, 1 Dr Abercrombie ("Martial Achievements, etc.") gives the name of Hector MacLean of Duart. It is of great antiquity, and is a square tower with walls of enormous thickness. The Castle of Duart, so called, occupies the verge of a high cliff on the coast of Mull. Their genealogy deduces them from Gilleain, the son of Jerath. This powerful and numerous clan has been seated in the Island of Mull from a very remote period, but did not appear, like several others, as an independent one till the forfeiture of the Lord of the Isles in 1476 though, of course, as vassals of these princes they existed long under chiefs of their own.
The ancient Sennachies have asserted that the surname of MacLean was originally MacGillian, derived from a famous Celtic warrior who was known as Gillian-nan-Tuagh, or of the battle axe, which his descendants use as their crest to this day between a laurel and cypress branch. ( Excerpt from "The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans", James Grant, 1906)
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