Eredine
File:Eredine House - geograph.org.uk - 3225182.jpgEredine is a settlement on the east shore of Loch Awe in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225152110|title=Scotland : an encyclopedia of places & landscapes|last=Munro|first= David M.|date=2006|publisher=Collins|others=Gittings, B. M. (Bruce M.), Royal Scottish Geographical Society.|isbn=9780004724669|location=Glasgow}}{{cite web | title=Eredine from The Gazetteer for Scotland | website=Gazetteer for Scotland | url=https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst4253.html | access-date=2025-04-18}} It situated to the south-west of Ardchonnell and to the north-east of Ford along the loch.
Eredine wood is a Forestry and Land Scotland wood that exists on a former hill farm.{{cite web | last=Trust | first=Woodland | title=Eredine Forest | website=Woodland Trust | date=2025-02-03 | url=https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/eredine-forest/ | access-date=2025-04-18}}
History
There is evidence of prehistoric settlement in the area.{{cite web | title=Eredine, Loch Awe | website=Canmore | date=2019-09-26 | url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/23137/eredine-loch-awe | access-date=2025-04-18}} In 1972, a naval sub-aqua team under the direction of Dr McArdle of Edinburgh University discovered the remains of a crannog beside Eredine.
To the east of the village is a small former limeworks, evidenced by ruined limekilns.{{cite web | title=Loch Awe, Eredine, Limekiln | website=Canmore | date=2002-02-01 | url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/207476/loch-awe-eredine-limekiln | access-date=2025-04-18}}
Eredine House, still extant, was built by the architect James Gillespie Graham in 1812.{{cite web | title=Eredine House | website=Canmore | date=2019-09-26 | url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/143462/eredine-house | access-date=2025-04-18}}
Economy
To the south of Eredine and north Furnace is the Eredine Wind energy farm development.{{cite web | title=Eredine Onshore Wind Farm | website=RWE in the UK | url=https://uk.rwe.com/project-proposals/eredine/ | access-date=2025-04-18}}{{cite web | title=Site Layout, Eredine Wind Farm | url=https://eredinewindfarm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Vol-2-Chapter-4-Figure-4.1-Site-Layout.pdf | access-date=2025-04-18}}
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