![]() The Auchindrain TrustAuchindrain, Furnace, Inveraray Tel: 01499 500235 Fax: Auchindrain gives visitors a fascinating and authentic insight into how people lived, worked & played in the Old Highlands from the 1st record of about 1470 to 1962 when the last tenant retired from farming. Recognised as the only remaining complete example of a Highland Township where a group of families who worked the land in common. Here you have a unique opportunity to see life as it was. Share the stories of the people who lived here as tenants of the Duke of Argyll. Set in the beautiful, dramatic Argyll landscape, the 21 acre site contains all the community’s buildings – houses, barns, byres & stables. Wander through the township, see where the animals grazed, and explore the longhouses where people & cattle lived under one roof. Find out about the runrig system. Learn why a modern timber house was built here. Auchindrain: there’s nowhere like it in Scotland. |
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