Ardoch House
Country House (Post Medieval), Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Ardoch House
Classification Country House (Post Medieval), Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Tour Of Airdoch
Canmore ID 42373
Site Number NS37NE 6
NGR NS 36337 76817
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42373
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Cardross (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS37NE 6.00 3633 7682
NS37NE 6.01 36283 76878 Barn
(NS 3633 7682) Ardoch House (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1938)
The fortalice, 'the Tour of Airdoch' once the dwelling place of the Bunteins,was supplanted by a mansion which occupied the site of Mr McKinlay's stack-yard. This mansion disappeared about 1874.
D Murray 1880
Ardoch House (In Ruins) - In front of this farmhouse (Ardochmore) is situated the Old Mansion of Ardoch. It was built about the beginning of the 17th century.
Name Book 1856
No remains survive.
Visited by OS (RDL) 24 January 1963
Note (1978)
Ardoch Tower NS 363 768 NS37NE 6
Ardoch Tower was replaced by a house, which was itself demolished in the 19th century.
RCAHMS 1978
(Name Book, Dumbarton, No. 6, p, 36; Murray 1880, 68)
