Arrochar
Arrochar; is a village located near the head of Loch Long, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll as well as Bute, Scottish Highlands. The town is within the Loch Lomond and also The Trossachs National Park. Historically in Dunbartonshire, it is forgotten by a group of mountains called the Arrochar Alps, as well as specifically by the unique rocky top of the Cobbler. It enjoys excellent interactions as it is at the joint of the A83 and A814 roadways and is served by Arrochar as well as Tarbet train station. In addition the A82 road runs through Tarbet two miles to the eastern. For over 5 centuries this location, the feudal barony of Arrochar, was held by the chiefs of Clan MacFarlane and before them by their forefathers the barons of Arrochar. The family is Celtic in the male line and also belonging to their Highland homeland of tall tops and deep lochs just over the waist of Scotland. The settlement was an essential target for Viking raiders who took their boats 2 miles overland to Tarbet to strike the unsafe inland settlements at Loch Lomond before their defeat in 1263 at the battle of Largs. The western end of Arrochar marks the typical limit of Argyllshire as well as Dunbartonshire, and also this continued to be the instance under city government reorganisation in 1975. Nevertheless, in 1996 the limits of Argyll as well as Bute and West Dunbartonshire were considerably redrawn, bringing the whole area into Argyll and also Bute.
