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.

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: Seaforth Island.

Seaforth Island

Island

Seaforth Island

Photo: JJM, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Seaforth Island is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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… 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… 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. 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″ north

Longitude

-6.75827° or 6° 45′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C9MX6VR+WM

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

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Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From French to Turkish—“Ardvourlie Castle” goes by many names.

French: “château d’Ardvourlie”
French: “Château d’Ardvourlie”
German: “Ardvourlie Castle”
Portuguese: “Castelo Ardvourlie”
Turkish: “Ardvourlie Kalesi”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ardvourlie and Scaladale.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Loch nan Learg and Eilean Shiophoirt.

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Worth a closer look: Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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