Knockan is an area and particular cottage in the community of Ardtun

Ardtun

Ardtun is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.-External links:...

, in the south of the island of Mull

Isle of Mull

The Isle of Mull or simply Mull is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute....

 off the west coast of Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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The cottage called Knockan is distinguished by its bright red roof and white walls, set by a small hill; cnocan in Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic language

Scottish Gaelic is a Celtic language native to Scotland. A member of the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages, Scottish Gaelic, like Modern Irish and Manx, developed out of Middle Irish, and thus descends ultimately from Primitive Irish....

 means "little hill". The cottage is around 200 years old and was originally built by a weaver of the local crofting

Crofting

Crofting is a form of land tenure and small-scale food production unique to the Scottish Highlands, the Islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man....

community. It is now owned by his descendants, the family of Donald Black.

External links

• Detailed linear case study of one Mull family from before the Highland clearances to the present day.