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Minard Castle, a mansion, with picturesque grounds, in Kilmichael-Glassary parish, Argyllshire, on the W side of Loch Fyne, 8 miles NE of Lochgilphead and 13¾ SSW of Inveraray. There are a post office of Minard, with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph departments, a Free church, and a large and elegant public school, erected in 1871 by the late proprietor, John Pender, Esq., M.P. The estate-5285 acres, of £1475 annual value-now is owned by Thomas Lloyd, Esq. (b. 1835).—Ord. Sur., sh. 37, 1876.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a mansion, with picturesque grounds" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Glassary ScoP Argyll ScoCnty |
| Place: | Minard |
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