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Ardclach Bell Tower
Ardclach Bell Tower
	The building in 2011, looking north
General information
Type	Bell tower; Watch tower; Keep
Location	Ardclach, Highland, Scotland
Coordinates	57°29′10″N 3°44′48″W / 57.486123°N 3.746715°W
Completed	1655; 369 years ago
Technical details
Floor count	2

Ardclach Bell Tower is an historic structure in Ardclach, Scottish Highlands. Dating to at least 1655, it is now a Category A listed building.^[1] It is believed to be the only tower and belfry combination in Scotland.^[2]^[3]

The structure, erected as a tower, belfry and keep, is a simple square with a two-storey tower with a double pitched roof. It is harled with ashlar dressings.^[1]

A monogram, "MGB", above the second-storey fireplace, refers to Margaret Grant Brodie, wife of Alexander Brodie of Lethen.^[1]

Gallery edit

Date inscription
"MGB" monogram carving

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Ardclach Bell Tower - Historic Environment Scotland
^ The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century, David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross (1887), pp. 218–222
^ Ardclach Bell Tower – Canmore