Archaeology Notes

Event ID 675151

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NM71NE 3.00 78581 16445

NM71NE 3.01 NM 7855 1649 Court of Offices (stable block)

NM71NE 3.02 NM 7870 1645 Garden bridge

NM71NE 3.03 NM 7860 1575 Marble quarry

(NM 7857 1645) Ardmaddy Castle (NR)

OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)

The castle, which is a very old building, stands on a conicial eminence, which has the appearance of an artifical mound.

New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; Name Book 1870.

Ardmaddy House: South block - 18th century, Georgian. 2 storeys, harled. North block - 19th century Scots baronial. 2 storeys and garret. Rubble-walled.

SDD 1960-

Ardmaddy Castle was burnt down in 1620 and rebuilt by the Campbells in 1671. In 1692, it was exchanged with the Duke of Argyll for other lands in Loch Awe (information from Major Struthers, Ardmaddy Castle).

Not of outstanding architetural interest.

Visited by OS (RD) 22 September 1971.