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Glen Caladh Castle
Country House (Period Unassigned), Military Training Site (Second World War)
Site Name Glen Caladh Castle
Classification Country House (Period Unassigned), Military Training Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Caladh House, Callow; Hms James Cook
Canmore ID 150991
Site Number NS07NW 27
NGR NS 0018 7568
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/150991
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmodan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NS07NW 27 0018 7568
Depicted on the 1st edition of the O.S. 6-inch map (Argyllshire), 1869, sheet clxxxii.
Information from RCAHMS (SM), 25th February 2000.
Demolished 1960.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2002
The house and grounds were requisitioned in World War II for the training of landing craft navigators. A small camp of Nissen huts was built and situated to the immediate NE of the house.
Known as HMS James Cook.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), November 2009
