Clachan of Glendaruel

Settlement in Argyllshire

Scotland

Clachan of Glendaruel

Forestry road, Ardachearanbeg Forest Credit: Steven Brown

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Clachan of Glendaruel Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 56.009178/-5.214301 or Grid Reference NR9984. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Forestry road, Ardachearanbeg Forest

Steven Brown

Distant ferry information sign near Glendaruel

The sign provides current status of the ferry service which runs from Portavadie to Tarbert. It is located at the north end of the A8003, near the junction of the A886. Its purpose is to save travellers the 25 mile trip to Portavadie and back if the ferry service is not running. On this day, the ferry service was suspended due to redeployment of the vessel to another route. Travellers were faced with a 73 mile journey to Tarbert via Inveraray as a result.

Thomas Nugent

The road to Otter Ferry from Glendaruel

Elliott Simpson

St Modan's Kirk

This is the parish kirk of Kilmodan, and it is situated in the clachan of Glendaruel. It is a category B listed building, dating from 1783, on the site of at least one earlier kirk. It is T-plan, with the pulpit in the middle of the top of the T and the congregation to right, left and in front of the pulpit. It has galleries in all three ends. The central pavilion, with oculi and a 'bird-cage' belfry, is quite unusual.

Anne Burgess

Lapidarium

I usually associate the Latin word element 'lapida-' with precious and semiprecious stones and mineral, but in this case it is used to indicate a place where stones are housed, specifically the Kilmodan Stones. The square shape allows the stones to be lit by natural light from four skylight windows.

Anne Burgess

Kilmodan Stones

These are Stones Numbers 1 to 4, displayed on the south wall of NR9984 : Lapidarium.

Anne Burgess

Kilmodan Stones

These are Stones numbers 4 to 8, of which numbers 5, 6 and 7 are displayed on the west wall of the NR9984 : Lapidarium.

Anne Burgess

Kilmodan Stones

These are Stones numbers 8 to 11, displayed on the north wall of the NR9984 : Lapidarium and beside the door.

Anne Burgess

A Row of Tombstones

This row of not-quite-matching tombstones in a rusting enclosure caught my eye. This is the burial plot of a family named Black, but what with rain falling on me, and erosion of the stones, it was hard to decipher much more than just the surname.

Anne Burgess

Kilmodan Parish Kirk

Dedicated to St Modan, an Irish monk who in 522 AD built a chapel at what became Dryburgh Abbey. Later he became a hermit near Dumbarton, and his relics were housed at Rosneath on the Clyde. The parish of Kilmodan takes its name from him, and the church at Benderloch is also dedicated to St Modan. Note the [NR9984 : Sandstone Plaques] on the right-hand side.

Anne Burgess

Sandstone Plaques

These carved sandstone blocks were part of the old kirk here, and were built into the south wall of the present kirk. The one on the right reads 'SDC 1610' and is thought to commemorate Sir Dugald Campbell, a 17th century laird.

Anne Burgess