Ardentinny
| Ardentinny | |
| Argyllshire | |
|---|---|
 Shepherd's Point on Loch Long | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NS187876 |
| Location: | 56°2’47"N, 4°54’44"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 177 (2001) |
| Post town: | Dunoon, Argyll |
| Postcode: | PA23 |
| Dialling code: | 01369 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Argyll and Bute |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Argyll and Bute |
Ardentinny is a small village on the Cowal peninsula of Argyllshire, standig on the western shore of Loch Long, fourteen miles north of Dunoon.
Nearby is Cruach a' Chaise (Cheese Hill), while on the opposite side of Loch Long is the village of Coulport, home of RNAD Coulport, the storage and loading base for Britain's Trident Nuclear Defence Force.
The name Ardentinny means "hill of fire", of uncertain origin, perhaps from warning fires lit to aid mariners or in later years to summon the ferry. This land was the fief of the McInturner's Baron's Craigcoll, Ardentinny and Glenfinart before they were murdered by Clan Campbell for supporting Clan Lamont in the reign of Robert the Bruce. The ferry between Ardentinny and Coulport was summoned by a fire and was used by the Dukes of Argyll travelling between Dunoon, Inveraray and Rosneath Castle (a house now demlished) and in later years by drovers from Argyll travelling to the markets in the Lowland towns.
The village has two hotels catering for the general public. The Ardentinny Outdoor Centre is run by Actual Reality, which has two centres in Cowal.
The local economy is reliant on tourism and agriculture, with major employers being the hotel, the outdoor centre and the caravan park. There is one working fishing boat based in Ardentinny, trawling for prawns. Residents also work in Dunoon and across the Firth of Clyde.
There are many holiday home rentals now being offered to tourists, as Ardentinny is within Argyll Forest Park,[1] which is itself within Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.[2]
The Ardentinny Hotel was struck by lightning on 19 May 2014.[3] It re-opened in June 2017, after refurbishment, as a bar and bistro named The Ardentinny.[4][5]
In literature
The village of Ardentinny is featured in Don Brown's historical fiction novel Destiny, the prequel to his Navy Justice Series.[6]
Gallery
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Loch Long shoreline at Ardentinny -
Road to Ardentinny from Blairmore -
Loch Long from above Ardentinny
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ardentinny) |
- Argyll Forest Park - website
- The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park - website
- Ardentinny Community
References
- ↑ "Argyll Forest Park - Forestry Commission Scotland". http://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/forest-parks/argyll-forest-park.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/rr-content/uploads/2016/07/Downloadable-map-of-Loch-Lomond-and-the-Trossachs-National-Park.pdf.
- ↑ "Roof blaze at Ardentinny Hotel (Updated)". ardentinny.org. 2014-05-19. http://ardentinny.org/2014/05/19/roof-blaze-ardentinny-hotel/. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
- ↑ "The Ardentinny | A 21st Century Bar & Bistro" (in en). August 2017. http://theardentinny.com.
- ↑ admin (2017-06-29). "Welcome return of village inn". http://ardentinny.org/2017/06/29/8915/.
- ↑ Brown, Don (1 September 2014). Destiny. Mountainview Books, LLC. ISBN 9781941291061. https://books.google.com/books?id=PTGUBQAAQBAJ&q=ardentinny.