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Rosneath - Clachan House

Nearest town: Greenock

Site type: estate

Access: Public

Church name: No Data

Diocese: No Data

County: Argyll and Bute

Country: Scotland

Grid ref: not known

Lost yew site: No

Date visited: No data

Recorded by: Robert Hutchison 1890

Protection & responsibility: Owner

Yews recorded at this site: Notable

Notes: A 'venerable yew avenue' was described in 1846 as being situated close to Clachan House, another mansion belonging to the Campbell family and formerly their principal seat in that area. Roseneath, or Rosneath Castle was gutted by fire in 1947 and the remains blown up by the army in 1961. The site is now a caravan park.