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The Highland Boundary Fault is a product of the Caledonian Orogeny, when the Highland and Midland Valley crustal blocks collided here.
The last major movement along this fault was in the Devonian, and it is difficult to find remnants of the fault scarp today.

This is a Normal Fault... this image was from utk.edu

Scottish Geology - Highland Boundary Fault	Has a good basic geologic description of the fault, the geology surrounding the fault, and the geology formed by the fault.
A Guide to the Geography in Argyll, Scotland	This site has many nice pictures of the affect that the fault has had on the local topography. It also has in a 2 page description of the local geology.