Lorne

Lorne lies on the Argyll coast of the western Scottish Highlands, where sea lochs, islands and mountains shape the routes between communities. Boats connected settlements across the water, while households drew on farming, livestock and the resources of the shore.

The lordship of Lorne passed through the hands of the MacDougalls and Stewarts before Colin Campbell, Earl of Argyll, became Lord of Lorne in 1470. Near Oban, Dunollie Castle remained associated with the MacDougalls, whose fortunes were affected by the conflicts of the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth century the family's chief built Dunollie House below the old castle, a change in residence that marked another chapter in the history of this Highland coast.