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.[1][2]
Ardnadam
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 Sunset from Lazaretto Point | |
  Ardnadam Location within Argyll and Bute | |
| OS grid reference | NS17008000 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DUNOON, ARGYLL |
| Postcode district | PA23 |
| Dialling code | 01369 |
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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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5][6]
Gallery
Ardnadam
Ardnadam Pier and the Holy Loch
Hafton House by Ardnadam
Ardnadam Bay
References
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 63 Firth of Clyde (Greenock & Rothesay) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319229699.
- "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- "Sandbank and Ardnadam". Imperial War Museums.
- "Dunan - the Camel's Hump, Ardnadam". Walkhighlands. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- "Secret Scotland - Holy Loch". www.secretscotland.org.uk.
- "Historic Kilmun - Lazaretto". www.historickilmun.org.
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