Scottish Clan Profile

Clan MacMillan

MacMhaolain — “son of the tonsured one, that is of a churchman”
“Miseris succurrere disco” · I learn to succour the distressed
Indicative sett, woven in CSS, not a licensed tartan image
GaelicMacMhaolain
Historic titleMacMillan of MacMillan and Knap
HeartlandKnapdale & Loch Arkaig
Plant badgeHolly

A clan of churchly origin that settled in Knapdale in Argyll and in Lochaber. MacMillan's Cross at Kilmory Knap is one of the finest late medieval carved crosses in the West Highlands.

Ancestral seats

  • Knap, Knapdale, Argyll

Where to walk in their footsteps

Access, opening hours and admission change. We confirm every site before it goes into an itinerary.

Kilmory Knap Chapel, Argyll

Roofless chapel sheltering MacMillan's Cross and around forty carved grave slabs; open access.

Castle Sween, Knapdale

Historic Environment Scotland ruin holding MacMillan's Tower, open all year.

Also recorded as

McMillanMacMullanBell

Travelling to MacMillan country

Cashel Travel has arranged clan gatherings and heritage tours across Scotland and Ireland since the 1990s, including full gatherings for Clan Gordon, Hay, Keith, Lindsay, Hunter, Dunbar, Graham, Sutherland and MacLaren. We research the family history, build the itinerary around it, and arrange access to places that are not normally open to the public.

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