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Shandon, Shore Road, Blairvadach

Country House (19th Century), Tower House (Medieval)(Possible)

Site Name Shandon, Shore Road, Blairvadach

Classification Country House (19th Century), Tower House (Medieval)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Blairvadock; Blairvadic Castle; Blairvaddock

Canmore ID 41424

Site Number NS28NE 6

NGR NS 26289 85333

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41424

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Rhu
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Dumbarton
  • Former County Dunbartonshire

Archaeology Notes

NS28NE 6.00 26289 85333

(NS 2629 8532) Blairvadock (NAT)

OS 6" map (1923).

NS28NE 6.01 NS 2605 8530 Lodge

NS28NE 6.02 NS 2626 8513 Farmsteading

NS28NE 6.03 NS 26256 85343 Terrace

NS28NE 6.04 NS 26315 85342 Laundry

NS28NE 6.05 centred NS 2617 8517 Prisoner-of War camp

The oldest inhabited house in Rhu parish was formerly Blairvadic Castle, situated about a mile above the Rov, much resembling a border keep or peel. It is now pulled down, and its place occupied by a modern castle.

W Battrum 1864

The mansion of Blairvaddock is mentioned in 1558.

W Fraser 1869

No further information was found regarding Blairvadock Castle. The present mansion house is entirely modern and shows no trace of antiquity.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 15 January 1963

Blairvadach [NAT]

OS 1:2500 map, 1967.

Architecture Notes

NS28NE 6.00 26289 85333

NS28NE 6.01 NS 2605 8530 Lodge

NS28NE 6.02 NS 2626 8513 Farmsteading

NS28NE 6.03 NS 26256 85343 Terrace

NS28NE 6.04 NS 26315 85342 Laundry Block

NMRS REFERENCE:

Architect: J T Rochead

Bedford Lemar Book, London. Book 5, 1903, 17873, 17874 - negatives.

Activities

Field Visit (August 1977)

Blairvadock Castle NS 262 853 NS28NE 6

The modern mansion of Blairvadach may occupy the site of a house or castle known to have been in existence in 1558.

RCAHMS 1978, visited August 1977

(Battrum 1865, 51; Fraser 1869, ii, 101)

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