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Latitude: 55.4766 / 55°28'35"N
Longitude: -5.5326 / 5°31'57"W
OS Eastings: 176851
OS Northings: 625978
OS Grid: NR768259
Mapcode National: GBR DGQ7.GJT
Mapcode Global: WH0LZ.ZLLY
Entry Name: Ardnacross,long cairn 340m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 9 April 1975
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM3646
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn
Location: Campbeltown
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: South Kintyre
Traditional County: Argyllshire
Circa 1775; alterations at ground including shop by Simpson & Brown, 1984-5. 3-storey basement and attic, 4-bay (3-1) former classical house. Droved cream sandstone ashlar with polished dressings; framed by panelled pilaster strips. Stonecleaned at 1st floor, with architraved and corniced windows. 3-bay shopfront to left with inset Ionic columned doorpiece (spectacle order) flanked by multi-pane windows, framed by pilasters and cornice with ball finials (Simpson & Brown). 2-bay mid 19th century shopfront to right with consoled cornice incorporates doorway to shop and upper floors and bipartite shop window. Basement shops; 3 late 19th century piend-roofed canted dormers (1 larger).
Timber sash and case plate glass windows. Ashlar coped skews; corniced rendered stacks; grey slates.
INTERIOR: Trotter?s was recast by Simpson & Brown.
RAILINGS: plain cast-iron railings with replacement lamp standards to No 44 (incorporating Trotter?s lantern).
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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