Place:


Ardencaple  Dunbartonshire

 

In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Ardencaple like this:

Ardincaple, a stately mansion in Row parish, Dumbartonshire, on the N side of Gareloch, amid fine lawns, grand old woods, and swelling ridges, immediately W of Helensburgh. It is in the old Scottish Baronial style, chiefly somewhat modern, but partly very ancient, perhaps as old as the first half of the 12th century; and it was long, from time to time, the residence of the Dowager-Duchesses of Argyll, but is now a seat of Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, Bart.

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Ardencaple through time

Ardencaple is now part of Argyll and Bute district. Click here for graphs and data of how Argyll and Bute has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ardencaple itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ardencaple, in Argyll and Bute and Dunbartonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26851

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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