Camstraddan House
Country House (18th Century), Sundial (Period Unknown), Tower House (Medieval), Wall (Period Unknown)
Site Name Camstraddan House
Classification Country House (18th Century), Sundial (Period Unknown), Tower House (Medieval), Wall (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Luss; Loch Lomond; Camstradden House With Sundial, Boundary Wall And Gatepiers
Canmore ID 42544
Site Number NS39SE 5
NGR NS 35976 92129
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/42544
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Luss
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS39SE 5.00 35976 92129
NS39SE 5.01 NS 3576 9205 lodge and gate piers
(NS 3598 9212) The tower of Camstraddan has long since disappeared, and has been replaced by a modern mansion built in 1739. An addition to the old tower is mentioned in 1684. Whether the original tower occupied the same site as the pressent mansion, or is the one referred to by Camden on an island in the bay, is unknown. (See Dunbar 11 SW8).
W Fraser 1869
No trace of the tower or any older building could be seen in the present Camstradden House. No information was found regarding the date of erection of the present house, but it appears to be fairly modern.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 18 January 1963
Note (1978)
Camstraddan NS 359 921 NS39SE 5
Camstraddan House may occupy the site of a building referred to in 1684 as 'the old tower'.
RCAHMS 1978
(Fraser 1869, ii, 177-9)