St Conan’s Tower

St Conan's Tower is a 19th-century granite-built country house, near Lochawe in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Designed and built by architect, author and antiquarian Walter Douglas Campbell, a young brother of Archibald Campbell, 1st Baron Blythswood, St Conan's Tower was intended as a winter home for the family.

Photo: Alpin Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Historic building
Description: tower house at Lochawe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Address: Lochawe, Dalmally, PA33 1AH

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Loch Awe railway station and Loch Awe Hotel.

Loch Awe railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loch Awe railway station is a railway station serving the village of Lochawe, on the northern bank of Loch Awe, in western Scotland. This station is on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, originally part of the Callander and Oban Railway. Loch Awe railway station is situated 1,500 feet northeast of St Conan’s Tower.

Loch Awe Hotel

Hotel

Photo: ArchHist, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Loch Awe Hotel is situated 1,300 feet northeast of St Conan’s Tower.

Lochawe, War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lochawe, War Memorial is situated 1,800 feet southwest of St Conan’s Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochawe and Ardanaiseig.

Lochawe

Village

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lochawe is a village.

Ardanaiseig

Hamlet

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Ardanaiseig is a settlement on Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Loch Awe is one of Scotland's longest freshwater lochs measuring 41.5km from end-to-end. Ardanaiseig is situated 2½ miles southwest of St Conan’s Tower.

Dalmally

Village

Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dalmally is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is near the A85 road and is served by Dalmally railway station. Former Labour Party leader John Smith was born in Dalmally in 1938. Dalmally is situated 3 miles east of St Conan’s Tower.

St Conan’s Tower

Categories: tower house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.39997° or 56° 23′ 60″ north

Longitude

-5.04837° or 5° 2′ 54″ west

Open location code

9C8P9XX2+XM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1204735513

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

Wikidata ID

Q7592879

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lochawe Post Office and Crannog.

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