Arnisdale ( gd, Àrnasdal) is a hamlet in the historic county of

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in the local authority area of Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of Loch Hourn, around down a single-track road from Glenelg. It has a permanent population of around 30 and several holiday cottages. At the end of the village is a large white-painted hunting lodge called Arnisdale House, built by architects Robert John Macbeth & Alexander Ross in 1898-1916. The house was built for

Valentine Fleming Major Valentine Fleming (17 February 1882 – 20 May 1917) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament who was killed in World War I. He was the father of authors Peter Fleming and Ian Fleming, the latter of whom created the James Bond c ...

of the banking family (father of the writer and explorer Peter Fleming and of

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, creator of

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), who was killed in action in World War I, a year after the house was completed. Arnisdale and Corran from Beinn Sgritheall

Arnisdale is in the Highland Council area.

Attractions

The village is most famous as the closest settlement to Camusfeàrna, the house in which

Gavin Maxwell Gavin Maxwell FRSL FZS FRGS (15 July 19147 September 1969) was a British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters. He wrote the book ''Ring of Bright Water'' (1960) about how he brought an otter ba ...

wrote the auto-biographical story of his secluded life with his pet otters, '' Ring of Bright Water''. Terry Nutkins (1946 – 2012) the naturalist, television presenter and author, who had in his boyhood been one of Maxwell's otter keepers, lived at the end of his life near the village. It was also the departure point during the summer months for the ferry to the Barrisdale on Knoydart, across Loch Hourn, until the ferry stopped operating in 2011. Walkers often come to Arnisdale to climb Beinn Sgritheall.

2012 Badger Incident

On the 31 October 2012, it was reported that group of badgers living under

Arnisdale Free Church Arnisdale Free Church is a church building at one time connected to the Free Church of Scotland. It is sited in Arnisdale, Inverness-shire, Scotland. According to Ewing's ''The Annals of the Free Church'', the original building was constructed in ...

were responsible for digging up the ground around the graves in the 130-year-old burial ground in the centre of the village. No human remains were thought to have been disturbed.

References

External links

Arnisdale Ceilidh House Website

The Glenelg and Arnisdale Development Trust
{{Authority control Populated places in Lochalsh

Attractions

2012 Badger Incident

See also

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