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Château de Nohant, home of the famous French writer George Sand (1804-1876), was built in 1760 on the site of a 14th century castle. Now a museum, it was home for the election of the author, in an area she particularly loved. Nohant and its inhabitants was indeed a great source of inspiration.
Today you can visit in the beautiful park and discover building's living quarters including the tiny boudoir where Georges Sand wrote his first literary efforts.
The Broch of Gurness is an Iron Age broch village. Settlement here began sometime between 500 and 200 BC. At the centre of the settlement is a stone tower or broch, which once probably reached a height of around 10 metres. Its interior is divided into sections by upright slabs. The tower features two skins of drystone walls, with stone-floored galleries in between. These are accessed by steps. Stone ledges suggest that there was once an upper storey with a timber floor. The roof would have been thatched, surrounded by a wall walk linked by stairs to the ground floor. The broch features two hearths and a subterranean stone cistern with steps leading down into it. It is thought to have some religious significance, relating to an Iron Age cult of the underground.
The remains of the central tower are up to 3.6 metres high, and the stone walls are up to 4.1 metres thick.