The crofting and fishing village of Torrin lies on the eastern shore of Loch Slapin, 5 miles (8 kilometres) southwest of Broadford (An t-Àth Leathann),[2] on the road to Elgol (Ealaghol).

There is a mixture of Victorian white-washed cottages and modern flat-pack houses, and the village has good views of Blaven and Loch Slapin.

[4] Glasgow paint manufacturer William Thomson Forsyth started the main quarry at the Broadford end of Torrin in 1960.

Marble is mined and crushed on site, producing agricultural lime, ready-mix concrete products and decorative stone.

[11] The location is thought to have been a site of Christian worship dating back to the 7th century, when St Maelrubha preached from nearby Cnoc na-Aifhreann ("Hill of the Mass").

[7] In June 2001 the Torrin Management Committee opened Am Bothan (the Gaelic name for a small hut or shed), a shop providing essential groceries, a selection of local crafts, a children's play area and a cafe.

[citation needed] In 2006 it was announced that an "entrance to the Underworld" had been discovered at the High Pasture Cave excavations, near Torrin.