Ardvourlie Castle
Ardvourlie Castle is a 19th-century country house on Harris, one of the Western Isles off the north-west coast of Scotland. The house was built beside Loch Seaforth in 1863 as a hunting lodge on the North Harris Estate, for Charles Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore, the then owner of the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in the UK
- Also known as: “Ardvourie”, “Ardvourlie”, “Ardvourlie Castle, Harris”, and “Harris, Ardvourlie Castle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Seaforth Island.
Seaforth Island
Island
Photo: JJM, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seaforth Island is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Unlike many other islands of the Outer Hebrides which are mainly surrounded by open sea, Seaforth Island lies in a narrow fjord-like sea loch named Loch Seaforth, 8 kilometres from the open waters of The Minch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bunavoneadar and Arivruach.
Bunavoneadar
Hamlet
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bun Abhainn Eadarra or Bunavoneadar is a hamlet adjacent to the Loch Bun Abhainn Eadarra, on the south shore of North Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Bunavoneadar is situated 5 miles southwest of Ardvourlie Castle.
Arivruach
Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Airidh a' Bhruaich is a scattered crofting township in the South Lochs district of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It lies at the head of the sea loch of Loch Seaforth. Arivruach is situated 5 miles northeast of Ardvourlie Castle.
Rèinigeadal
Hamlet
Photo: JJM, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rèinigeadal is a small settlement in Harris, in the Western Isles in Scotland. It is situated on the east coast of Harris 8 kilometres east of Tarbert, at the western side of the entrance to Loch Seaforth. Rèinigeadal is situated 6 miles southeast of Ardvourlie Castle.
Ardvourlie Castle
- Categories: country house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.99482° or 57° 59′ 41″ northLongitude
-6.75827° or 6° 45′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C9MX6VR+WMOpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“Ardvourlie Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “château d’Ardvourlie”
- French: “Château d’Ardvourlie”
- German: “Ardvourlie Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Ardvourlie”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ardvourlie and Scaladale.
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Highlights include Loch nan Learg and Lochan nan Clach-mòra.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ardvourlie Castle”. Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.