Official Name: | Arduaine |
Gaelic Name: | An Àird Uaine |
Country: | Scotland |
Unitary Scotland: | Argyll and Bute |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Argyll and Bute |
Coordinates: | 56.2364°N -5.5422°W |
Os Grid Reference: | NM801100 |
Static Image Name: | View from Loch Melfort Hotel.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Looking south over Loch Melfort from the Loch Melfort Hotel, Arduaine |
Post Town: | OBAN |
Postcode District: | PA34 |
Postcode Area: | PA |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Argyll and Bute |
Constituency Westminster: | Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber |
Arduaine (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: An Àird Uaine|translation=green/fertile promontory or headland, pronounced "Ard oo an-ye") is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Arduaine is a tiny hamlet just south of Kilmelford. On the reef just outlying, it has very good, classic Scottish diving, with scallops, lobster and many local Melfort prawns and "Squat" lobsters.
From a small pier, the holiday cottages on the Island of Shuna are kept supplied during the holiday season
The residents mainly Lord it over the poor peasants of Kilmelford and many past Kilmelford village elders have moved from Kilmelford to the utopia of Arduaine.They still visit Kilmelford to do great and good especially when a cake sale or lunch is on at the village hall
Arduaine is home to the Arduaine Gardens which are in the care of the National Trust for Scotland and listed on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.[1]
Pronunciation is Ardoonie