Arduine Tree Ferns by munki-boy
Arduaine Garden
Arduaine Garden is a place of peace perched on the windswept coast of Argyll in the Western Highlands of Scotland.
James Arthur Campbell bought the land that became Arduaine in the mid-1880s. He planted various trees and some 220 different rhododendrons. It was passed to his son and then his grandson until 1971, when it was bought by nurserymen, Edmund and Harry Wright, who spent the next 21 years restoring and replanting. They gave the garden to The National Trust for Scotland in the spring of 1992.
Nowadays you can explore the gardens many ponds and borders as well as the Woodland Garden and Cliff Path. There are several viewpoints with fantastic views.
The name Arduaine is a Gaelic one, meaning green point or promontory.
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Created: 27 November 2016 Edited: 29 November 2023
Arduaine Garden
Local History around Arduaine Garden
There are some historic monuments around including:
Ardanstur,dun 150m WNW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM3796Ormaig,cupmarked rocks 320m S of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM5488Shuna Point,cairn 350m NE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4208Arduaine, dun 65m NW of The Old Cottage Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM3847Ballycastle,dun,Luing Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM2440Ardanstur, dun 345m W of Top Ardanstur Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM3794Creag Aoil, fort 670m WSW of Tulloch Beag Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM3786Shuna Cottage,cairn 220m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4207Ardanstur,fort 700m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM3792Shuna Cottage,cairn 220m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4206Rubh an Tighe Loisgte,dun,Loch Melfort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM3785Barbreck's Well Secular: well SM3398Ballachuan, chapel and burial ground 255m ESE of Braefoot Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard SM4143Clach an t'Sagairt,chambered cairn,Ardfern Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM3376Dun Fadaidh Prehistoric domestic and defensive: dun SM4180Shuna Cottage,cairn 195m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4205Kintraw,cairns and standing stone 200m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM210Ardanstur,fort 350m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM3791Kintraw,artificial hillside platform Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone setting SM3690.
