Achamore House
Achamore House is a mansion on the Isle of Gigha, Scotland. It was built in 1884 for Lt-Col William James Scarlett, and the extensive gardens were laid out by Sir James Horlick from 1944.Photo: Peter Amsden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Estate
- Description: country house on Gigha, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Achamore House, Achamore Estate, Gigha”, “Auchamore”, and “Gigha, Achamore Estate, Achamore House”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kilchattan Chapel and Gigalum Island.
Kilchattan Chapel
Ruins
Photo: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilchattan Chapel is a ruined medieval chapel near Ardminish, Isle of Gigha, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Built in the 13th century, the chapel was dedicated to St. Cathan.
Gigalum Island
Islet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gigalum Island or Gigalum is a tiny, private uninhabited island off the southeast coast of Gigha in Scotland. Gigalum has a medieval house in the middle, and gives its name to the strait between it and the main island, "Caolas Gigalum".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ardminish and Gigha.
Ardminish
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardminish is the sole village on the Isle of Gigha in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and considered its "capital". It is connected to the mainland through a regular ferry service that runs to Tayinloan.
Gigha
Gigha is an island 3 miles off Argyll on the west coast of Scotland. The name is probably from Norse Guðey, “god’s island” or “good island”. It’s about 6 miles north-south by 1½ miles wide, and in 2011 had a population of 163.
Tayinloan
Village
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tayinloan is a village situated on the west coast of the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village has a sub post office, general store and a small hotel, a village hall and a play park. Tayinloan is situated 3½ miles east of Achamore House.
Achamore House
- Categories: country house and agriculture
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From French to Slovak—“Achamore House” goes by many names.
- French: “Achamore House”
- Slovak: “Achamore House”
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