Arrochar
Arrochar; is a town located near the head of Loch Long, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and also Bute, Scottish Highlands. The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Forest. Historically in Dunbartonshire, it is neglected by a group of mountains called the Arrochar Alps, and in particular by the unique rocky top of the Cobbler. It delights in great interactions as it goes to the junction of the A83 and also A814 roadways and is served by Arrochar and Tarbet railway station. In addition the A82 road runs through Tarbet two miles to the east. For over 5 centuries this area, the feudal barony of Arrochar, was held by the principals of Clan MacFarlane and before them by their ancestors the barons of Arrochar. The family is Celtic in the male line and also native to their Highland homeland of high optimals as well as deep lochs just above the waistline of Scotland. The settlement was a key target for Viking raiders who took their boats 2 miles overland to Tarbet to attack the unguarded inland settlements at Loch Lomond before their loss in 1263 at the battle of Largs. The western end of Arrochar marks the standard limit of Argyllshire and also Dunbartonshire, and also this remained the case under city government reorganisation in 1975. However, in 1996 the borders of Argyll as well as Bute and West Dunbartonshire were substantially redrawn, bringing the whole area into Argyll and Bute.
