Description

This building is a recreation of a Scottish West Highlands farm residence from the late 1600s. Known as the Turf and Kreel House, it stands at the Glencoe Visitors Center in Scotland’s incredible Argyll region. Guests can go inside the building, which has walls made of woven branches backed by blocks of turf. Inside are two small rooms, one of which has a fire in the middle of the room for cooking and heating, but no chimney or way for the smoke to escape other than through the small door. The house was created here so visitors could understand the rugged living conditions of Clan MacDonald families at the time of the infamous Glencoe Massacre in February 1692, one of the most brutal events in Scottish history.