Arrochar; is a village located near the head of Loch Long, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and also Bute, Scottish Highlands. The town is within the Loch Lomond and also The Trossachs National Forest. Historically in Dunbartonshire, it is overlooked by a group of mountains called the Arrochar Alps, as well as specifically by the unique rocky summit of the Cobbler. It appreciates good interactions as it is at the joint of the A83 as well as A814 roadways and also is offered by Arrochar and Tarbet railway station. Additionally the A82 road runs through Tarbet 2 miles to the east. For over 5 centuries this area, the feudal barony of Arrochar, was held by the principals of Clan MacFarlane and prior to them by their forefathers the barons of Arrochar. The family members is Celtic in the male line and native to their Highland homeland of high heights and deep lochs simply over the waist of Scotland. The negotiation was a vital target for Viking raiders that took their watercrafts 2 miles overland to Tarbet to attack the unprotected inland negotiations at Loch Lomond before their loss in 1263 at the fight of Largs. The western end of Arrochar notes the standard border of Argyllshire and also Dunbartonshire, and also this remained the situation under city government reorganisation in 1975. Nevertheless, in 1996 the limits of Argyll as well as Bute and West Dunbartonshire were significantly redrawn, bringing the entire area into Argyll and also Bute.