There is documentary evidence to say that the ‘fermtoun’ of Gartmore has existed since at least 1598 but the village, as we know it today, was created in 1725 by Nicol Graham. The first map of the village dates from 1776.  Drovers, taking cattle to market, passed through Gartmore and there has been an Inn on this site since at least 1740.  Interesting to think that when the drovers were calling for a drink at the bar, America was still British, Bonnie Prince Charlie was leading the Jacobite Rebellion, the French Revolution hadn’t started and life expectancy was less than 40.