Inveraray Castle

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Argyll Estates Office
Cherry Park
Inveraray
Scotland
PA30 8XE

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Telephone: 01499 302 698

Email: archives@inveraray-castle.com

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The archive reflects the historically important role of the Campbell family from the fourteenth century onwards. Until the mid-twentieth century Argyll Estates covered most of Argyllshire, parts of Inverness-shire, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, East Lothian, including some of Scotland's most marginal island environments (Tiree, Iona, Mull) which endured some of the worst periods of nineteenth century Highland famine, emigration and land agitation. Records in the archive date from the thirteenth to twenty-first centuries, forming an unbroken record of nearly eight hundred years of the family's fortunes which closely reflects all of the key events in Scotland's history

  • The archive was surveyed by Sir William Fraser for the Historical Manuscripts Commission in the 1870s and his reports provide a very useful overview of the historical context of the archive and the earliest records within it: "Historical Manuscripts Commission 4th Report" (1874), pages 470-492 and "Historical Manuscripts Commission 6th Report" (1876), pages 606-634

    Information about the contents of the collection can also be found in two surveys (NRAS 6 and NRAS 1209), available at National Records of Scotland, Argyll and Bute Council Archives and Inveraray Castle

  • Disabled access: disability access can be provided
  • Reprographics: self service photography - fee applies
  • ARCHON code: 3452

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