Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lamont or Ardlamont House

Lamont or Ardlamont House, a mansion in Kilfinan parish, Argyllshire, 1 ½ mile NNW of Ardlamont Point, and 7 miles S of Tighnabruaich. Its owner, John- Henry Lamont, Esq. (b. 1854; suc. 1862), chief of - the clan Lamont, holds 12,000 acres in the shire, valued at £2959 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 29, 1873.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Kilfinan ScoP       Argyll ScoCnty
Place names: ARDLAMONT HOUSE     |     LAMONT     |     LAMONT OR ARDLAMONT HOUSE
Place: Ardlamont

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