Duror

The dram shop () (English:The house of Insaig), situated in Inshaig, on a strip of slightly elevated land, located, on the north bank of River Duror, between the old Mill and the small road that leads to Cuil Bay, was an 18th-century pub and inn in Duror, that was run by Donald Carmicheal. Taigh na h-Insaig was considered a congested place, it was also the home of Donald Carmicheal, as well as his business premises. The pub along with several other dwellings constituted Insaig Township, and who made their living farming the small strip of land. A typical highland pub was described by Scottish engineer Edmund Burt who traveled extensively in the highlands, during the early 18th century. Burt…

The poet Anne Grant, possibly one of the first highlanders, and certainly the first one to write about the Scottish Highlands in English, sighted Duror when sailing up Loch Linnhe from Oban to Fort William in May 1773, declared: Dorothy Wordsworth, who visited Duror in September 1803 with her brother, the poet William Wordsworth, also complimented Duror. Riding north by way of Dalnarat and Keil, the Wordsworths reached the vicinity of Insaig, where they found themselves, as Dorothy noted: