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Cara House, Cara

A Category C Listed Building in Kintyre and the Islands, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.6351 / 55°38'6"N

Longitude: -5.7491 / 5°44'56"W

OS Eastings: 164128

OS Northings: 644327

OS Grid: NR641443

Mapcode National: GBR DF5T.KDM

Mapcode Global: WH0L3.NMJD

Plus Code: 9C7PJ7P2+28

Entry Name: Cara House, Cara

Listing Name: Cara House

Listing Date: 28 August 1980

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 344017

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB11429

Building Class: Cultural

Location: Gigha and Cara

County: Argyll and Bute

Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands

Parish: Gigha And Cara

Traditional County: Argyllshire

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Description

c.1730. Traditional 2 storeys and attic. Rubbled; gabled
slate roof. Extensive at rear.

Statement of Interest

Derelict. Originally the Cara Tackman's house. Occupied

as late as 1931. (There are no inhabitants now on Cara

Island) which is a property of the MacDonald Lockharts

of Kintyre.

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