Ardnadam

Ardnadam (Scottish Gaelic: Àird nan Damh) is a village on the Holy Loch on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located northwest of Hunters Quay and east of Sandbank, and sits across the loch from Kilmun.[1][2]

Ardnadam

Sunset from Lazaretto Point
Ardnadam
Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid referenceNS17008000
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDUNOON, ARGYLL
Postcode districtPA23
Dialling code01369
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

History

"Ardnadam village is of very recent date," wrote John Colegate in 1868.[3] "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.[3]

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.[4]

Trails

Ardnadam Heritage Trail

Ardnadam Heritage Trail is 2.75 miles (4.43 km) long and climbs to Dunan Hill (Camel's Hump), which has views across Loch Loskin, Dunoon, Holy Loch and the Firth of Clyde.[5]

Other walking trails go beside Loch Loskin, and to the site of an ancient cromlech on a nearby farm.[3] 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.[6]

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.[7][8]

  • Ardnadam War Memorial
  • Ardnadam Pier and the Holy Loch
  • Hafton House by Ardnadam
  • Ardnadam Bay

References
  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 63 Firth of Clyde (Greenock & Rothesay) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319229699.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay (Second edition) - John Colegate (1868), page 31
  4. "Sandbank and Ardnadam". Imperial War Museums.
  5. "Dunan - the Camel's Hump, Ardnadam". Walkhighlands. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  6. Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay (Second edition) - John Colegate (1868), page 32
  7. "Secret Scotland - Holy Loch". www.secretscotland.org.uk.
  8. "Historic Kilmun - Lazaretto". www.historickilmun.org.


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