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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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: Stephen McKay, 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.
Ardanaiseig
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardanaiseig is a settlement on Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Loch Awe is one of Scotland's longest freshwater lochs. The Ardanaiseig Hotel, a historic country house, has been converted into a luxury hotel. 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″ northLongitude
-5.04837° or 5° 2′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C8P9XX2+XMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1204735513OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q7592879
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lochawe Post Office and Lochawe,crannog 600m SE of.
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