Archaeology Notes
Event ID 777776
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/777776
NM74NW 13.00 70327 47536
Ardtornish [NAT]
Twr [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1975.
NM74NW 13.01 NM 70362 47757 Clock Tower
NM74NW 13.02 NM 70359 47536 Game Larders
For possible predecessors, see Kinlochaline Castle (NM 6975 4763: NM64NE 3) and Ardtornish Castle (NM 6919 4265: NM64SE 1).
For related buildings see:
NM74NW 12.00 NM 70414 47334 Achranich Farmhouse
NM74NW 12.01 NM 70479 47315 Achranich, Stables
NM74NW 12.02 NM 70481 47341 Achranich Smith's Barn
NM74NW 12.03 NM 70456 47342 Achranich, Estate Power Station
NM74NW 12.04 NM 70463 47321 Achranich, Coach-house
NM74NW 12.05 NM c. 705 472 Achranich, Byre
NM74NW 14 NM 70058 47287 Old Boathouse
NM74NW 17 NM 7027 4725 Garden, kitchen (walled) garden and cottages
NM74NW 18 NM 7056 4727 Achranich Bridge
NM74NW 19 NM 7067 4730 Riverside
NM74NW 20 NM 7064 4743 to 7071 4754 Pond, dam and sluice
NM74NW 21 NM 7005 4774 Keeper's Cottage
NM74NW 22 NM 7001 4766 Kennels
NM74NW 23 NM 7021 4740 Bridge
NM74NW 24 NM c. 70 47 Double Cottage
See also:
NM64NE 25.00 NM 69912 49731 Claggan School
NM64NE 25.01 NM 69918 49723 Claggan Schoolhouse
NM64NE 26 NM 6992 4980 Claggan Cottage
NM64NE 28 NM 69806 47632 Ivy Bridge
NM64NE 29 NM 69682 47502 1 Castle Cottage
NM64NE 30 NM 69477 48366 Larachbeg Old Laundry
NM64NE 32 NM 69471 48318 1 Larachbeg
NM64NE 33 NM 69827 47845 Rose Cottage
NM64NE 45 NM 6979 4654 Loch Aline, Boathouses
NM64NE 50 NM 69472 48323 2 Larachbeg
NM64NE 51 NM 69474 48329 3 Larachbeg
NM64NE 52 NM 69477 48336 4 Larachbeg
NM64NE 53 NM 69480 48342 5 Larachbeg
NM64NE 54 NM 69483 48348 6 Larachbeg
NM64NE 55 NM 69693 47512 2 Castle Cottage
NM64SE 1 NM 6919 4265 (Old) Ardtornish Castle
NM64SE 15 NM 693 433 Old Ardtornish House
NM64SE 16 NM 698 433 Inninbeg
NM64SE 18 NM 69203 43260 Old Ardtornish Steading
NM64SE 19 NM 69516 43313 Bay Cottage
NM64SE 21 NM 68243 44733 Caolas Ferry House
NM64SE 26 NM 6911 4357 Old Ardtornish Cott
NM64SE 41 NM 6929 4268 Quay (Pier) - Ardtornish Bay
NM65SE 14 NM 6703 5212 Durinemast
NM75SW 13 NM 70111 50435 Acharn farmhouse
NM75SE 6 NM 75025 52230 Clounland
NM75SE 9 NM 76809 53313 Beach House
Ardtornish House, 3.8km NE of Lochaline. Victorian mansion overlooking Loch Aline, the bare hills of Morvern rising behind. A house was built on the site in 1856-66 for Octavius Smith. In 1884 Smith's son Valentine demolished almost all his father's building (a victim of dry rot), except for its free-standing campanile, and a new and larger mansion designed by Alexander Ross was built in 1885-91. The campanile of 1856-66 stands higher up on the hillside to the N. Italian Romanesque, built of whin with stugged sandstone dressings.
J Gifford 1992.
The country house or mansion of Ardtornish House and its associated campanile or clock tower are situated at NM 7033 4753 and NM 7036 4755 respectively.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 22 October 1998.
