
The Duke of Argyll’s residence in Tiree is Island House. This was built in 1748. Today it sits on a small peninsula. But in earlier days this was an island, on which there was a medieval castle. Until 1679, the island was owned by the MacLeans of Duart.
In front of the house and by the roadside, there is a small rise known as ‘Bac’ a’Chrochaidh’ – ‘the dune of the hanging’. It was said that the last man to pay his rent was hanged there.























