Ardnadam
| Ardnadam Gaelic: Àird nan Damh | |
| Argyllshire | |
|---|---|
 Sunset from Lazaretto Point | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NS170800 |
| Location: | 55°58’40"N, 4°56’4"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Dunoon, Argyll |
| Postcode: | PA23 |
| Dialling code: | 01369 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Argyll and Bute |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Argyll and Bute |
Ardnadam is a village on the shore of Holy Loch on the Cowal peninsula of Argyllshire. It is located north-west of Hunters Quay and east of Sandbank, and sits across the loch from Kilmun.
History
"Ardnadam village is of very recent date," wrote John Colegate in 1868.[1] "Only a few years ago, an excellent pier and hotel were built. Since then, many feus have been taken, and neat cottages erected thereon." The first proprietor of The Ardnadam, the village's early hotel, was Mr Jamieson. He was also the pier master.
Lazaretto Point war memorial
The memorial is situated on the Holy Loch shore next to the A815 road. It commemorates the fallen of the First and Second World Wars.[2]
Trails
Ardnadam Heritage Trail
Ardnadam Heritage Trail is two and three-quarters of a mile long and climbs to Dunan Hill (Camel's Hump), which has views across Loch Loskin, Dunoon, Holy Loch and the Firth of Clyde.[3]
Other walking trails go beside Loch Loskin, and to the site of an ancient cromlech on a nearby farm.[1][4] The relic was, according to popular tradition, the grave of a king who was named after Adam. The name of the farm on which the structure stands (Ardnadam) was supposedly so-called in accordance with the tradition. The stones were later considered to be fragments of a Druidical altar.[5]
Lazaretto Point Quarantine Station
Lazaretto Point in Ardnadam was the site of a quarantine station, built in 1807, to treat disease brought into the Clyde ports with imported cotton shipments. The station was demolished in 1840.[6][7]
Gallery
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Ardnadam War Memorial -
Ardnadam Pier and the Holy Loch -
Ardnadam Bay
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Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ardnadam) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay (Second edition) - John Colegate (1868), page 31
- ↑ "Sandbank and Ardnadam". https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8537.
- ↑ "Dunan - the Camel's Hump, Ardnadam". Walkhighlands. https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/argyll/ardnadam.shtml. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
- ↑ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901), p. 445
- ↑ Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay (Second edition) - John Colegate (1868), page 32
- ↑ "Secret Scotland - Holy Loch". http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/HolyLoch?from=Secrets.SiteOneHolyLoch.
- ↑ "Historic Kilmun - Lazaretto". http://www.historickilmun.org/stories/lazaretto.