Ardnadam
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{{Infobox UK place
| gaelic_name = Àird nan Damh
| official_name = Ardnadam
| static_image_name = Sunset from Lazaretto Point - geograph.org.uk - 1424424.jpg
| static_image_caption = Sunset from Lazaretto Point
| static_image_width = 200px
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| unitary_scotland = Argyll and Bute
| lieutenancy_scotland = Argyll and Bute
| constituency_westminster = Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
| constituency_scottish_parliament = Argyll and Bute
| country = Scotland
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| os_grid_reference = NS17008000
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| post_town = DUNOON, ARGYLL
| postcode_area = PA
| postcode_district = PA23
| dial_code = 01369
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Ardnadam ({{langx|gd|Àird nan Damh}}) is a village on the Holy Loch on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is located northwest of Hunters Quay and east of Sandbank, and sits across the loch from Kilmun.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 63 Firth of Clyde (Greenock & Rothesay)|ISBN= 9780319229699 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html|title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer|format=csv (download)|date= 1 January 2016|publisher=Ordnance Survey|website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk|accessdate=30 January 2016}}
History
"Ardnadam village is of very recent date," wrote John Colegate in 1868.[https://play.google.com/store/books/details/John_COLEGATE_Colegate_s_Guide_to_Dunoon_Kirn_and?id=AR5bAAAAcAAJ Colegate's Guide to Dunoon, Kirn, and Hunter's Quay (Second edition)] - John Colegate (1868), page 31 "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
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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8537|title=Sandbank and Ardnadam|website=Imperial War Museums}}
Trails
=Ardnadam Heritage Trail=
Ardnadam Heritage Trail is {{convert|2.75|mi}} long and climbs to Dunan Hill (Camel's Hump), which has views across Loch Loskin, Dunoon, Holy Loch and the Firth of Clyde.{{cite web|url=https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/argyll/ardnadam.shtml |title=Dunan - the Camel's Hump, Ardnadam |publisher=Walkhighlands |date= |accessdate=2017-01-17}}
Other walking trails go beside Loch Loskin, and to the site of an ancient cromlech on the nearby Ardnadam Farm.[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ZrGM8n_uNOcC&pg=GBS.PP1 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland], Francis Hindes Groome (1901), p. 445
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/HolyLoch?from=Secrets.SiteOneHolyLoch|title=Secret Scotland - Holy Loch|website=www.secretscotland.org.uk}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.historickilmun.org/stories/lazaretto|title=Historic Kilmun - Lazaretto|website=www.historickilmun.org}}
Gallery
File:War Memorial At Lazaretto point - geograph.org.uk - 766486.jpg|Lazaretto Memorial
Image:Ardnadam Pier Holy Loch - geograph.org.uk - 1750930.jpg|Ardnadam Pier and the Holy Loch
Image:Ardnadam Bay - geograph.org.uk - 248535.jpg|Ardnadam Bay
References
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External links
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