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{{Infobox UK place
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| post_town =
▲ | postcode_area=
▲ | postcode_district= PA34
▲ | dial_code= 01631
▲ | constituency_westminster= [[Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Skye and Lochaber]]
▲ | civil_parish= [[Ardgour]]
▲ | unitary_scotland= [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
▲ | lieutenancy_scotland= [[Inverness]]
| website =
▲ | constituency_scottish_parliament= [[Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber]]
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{{Clan Maclean}}
[[File:Glensanda from Glas Dhruim on Lismore - geograph.org.uk - 1588525.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4318|Glensanda from Glas Dhruim on [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]], with [[Loch Linnhe]] in the foreground, looking WSW.]]
'''Glensanda''' (Old Norse, the glen of the sandy river) was a [[Viking]] settlement at the mouth of Glen Sanda{{r|RCAHMS}} on the [[Morvern|Morvern peninsula]] within south west [[Lochaber]], overlooking the island of [[Lismore, Scotland|
Glensanda Castle (''Caisteal Na Gruagaich (Maiden's Castle)'';{{r|RCAHMS}} overlooks the mouth of the Glensanda River which tumbles down 400 metres along its {{convert|5
The remoteness of the Glensanda settlement is such that there are no road, rail, or marked footway links across the [[granite]] mountain,
Since 1982 the
==History==
[[File:River Sanda and footpath to Ardtornish - geograph.org.uk - 1498281.jpg|thumb|left|River Sanda and footpath to Ardtornish]]
Little is known of the glen before the Viking age when it was part of [[Dál Riata]], a [[Gaels|Gaelic]] over-kingdom of the western seaboard of
Glensanda was a [[Viking]] settlement at the mouth of Glen Sanda{{r|RCAHMS}} The Vikings are thought to have led their first raids on what is now modern
Glensanda Castle is variously known as ''Caisteal Na Gruagaich (Maiden's castle),''{{r|RCAHMS}} ''Castle Na'gair'',{{r|RCAHMS}} ''Castle-en-Coer'',{{r|RCAHMS}} ''Castle Mearnaig''{{r|RCAHMS}}. It was built in the late 15th century by [[Clan Maclean|Ewen MacLean]], 5th of Kingairloch, who was born circa 1450.{{r|RCAHMS}} Glensanda, a part of [[Ardgour]], has formed part of the territory of the Clan MacLean ever since the Clan MacMaster was removed from the territory in the 15th
In the late 17th century the massacre of the MacDonald clansmen marked the point when the fortunes of the MacLean clan began to wane, and by 1691
In 1812 [[Sir Hector Maclean, 7th Baronet|Sir Hector Maclean]] (the [[Maclean
English landowner, James Forbes (1753–1829),{{r|Seax}} of Hutton Hall, [[Essex]],{{r|RCAHMS-King}}{{r|Rias}} bought the estate from Sir Hector Maclean in 1812 and subsequently had the existing house at Connach extended to become the first Kingairloch House.
In 1888 (or 1881{{r|EdiUni}}) the estate was purchased by John Bell Sherriff, Esquire of Carronvale, a distiller and industrialist from [[Glasgow]] and [[Falkirk]] for £30,140.
In 1902 [[George Herbert Strutt]] (1854–1928), a 5th generation cotton tycoon from [[Belper]], [[Derbyshire]], and descendant of [[Jedediah Strutt]], bought the Glensanda and Kingairloch estates.
The final solitary resident of Glensanda died around the 1950s.{{r|Indy}} By the 1980s Glensanda comprised the ruined tower of the 15th
John Yeoman and his wife Angela of [[Foster Yeoman]] bought the Glensanda estate from Mrs Strutt in 1982, and the Kingairloch estate in 1989, but she retained the hunting rights of both estates.<ref name="Indie July 2000"/>
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==Glensanda Super Quarry==
[[File:Glensanda quarry jetty, Loch Linnhe - geograph.org.uk - 242642.jpg|thumb|right|Glensanda quarry jetty, Loch Linnhe
[[File:Glensanda and quarry.jpg|thumb|left|The quarry]]
[[File:Kreiselbrecher.JPG|thumb|right|Top of the Gloryhole]]
In 1976 the UK Government commissioned [[Sir Ralph Verney, 5th
To minimise visual impact from the coast the quarry is sited
Reserves of granite are estimated to last at least until the year 2100, when the excavation will have created a new [[Cirque|corrie]]
==Closest islands, cities, towns and villages==
{{Geographic location
|title = '''Destinations from Glensanda'''
|Northwest = [[Ardery]], [[Ardnamurchan]], [[
|North = [[Achnalea]], [[Glenfinnan]], [[Mallaig]], <br>'''[[Isle of Skye]]'''
|Northeast = [[Ardgour]], [[Clovullin]], [[Corran, Lochaber|Corran Ferry]], [[Fort William, Scotland|Fort William]], <br>'''[[Inverness]]'''
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|Centre = Glensanda
|East = [[Shuna, Loch Linnhe|Shuna Island]], [[Loch Linnhe]], [[Appin]], [[Beinn Sgulaird]], [[Rannoch Moor]], [[Loch Rannoch]],<br>'''[[Pitlochry]]''',
|Southwest = [[Craignure]], [[Duart Castle]], <br>[[Isle of Mull]], <br>'''[[
|South = [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]], [[Oban]], [[Lochgilphead]], [[East Loch Tarbert|Tarbert]], <br>'''[[Mull of Kintyre]]'''
|Southeast = [[Coeffin]], [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]], [[Barcaldine, Argyll|Barcaldine]], [[Castle Stalker]], [[Oban]], <br>'''[[Glasgow]]'''
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<ref name="CamUni">[http://google.com/search?q=cache:HdCUu92FPcMJ:www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/macinnes/imthesis8.pdf+%22loch+corry%22&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
<ref name="EdiUni">[http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory5507.html Kingairloch] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226093758/http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory5507.html |date=26 December 2005 }} University of Edinburgh, Gazetteer for Scotland
▲<ref name="CamUni">[http://google.com/search?q=cache:HdCUu92FPcMJ:www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/macinnes/imthesis8.pdf+%22loch+corry%22&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Cambridge University, Manuscripts - MacLean Sinclair 1899: p282]</ref>
<ref name="EdiUni2">[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst4772.html Kingairloch House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020163029/http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst4772.html |date=20 October 2012 }} University of Edinburgh, Gazetteer for Scotland</ref>
<ref name="Falk">[http://www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk/home/index.php?id=134 Carronvale House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719132015/http://www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk/home/index.php?id=134 |date=19 July 2011 }} Falkirk Local History Society</ref>
<ref name="Hub4">[http://www.hub-4.com/news/236/new-ship-loader-cabin-for-foster-yeoman-at-glensanda
<ref name="Indy">[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/country-and-garden-secrets-of-a-mountain-of-wealth-1183308.html "Secrets of a mountain of wealth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807200453/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/country-and-garden-secrets-of-a-mountain-of-wealth-1183308.html |date=7 August 2017 }} ''The Independent'', 7 November 1998, County and Garden, Duff Hart-Davis
▲<ref name="EdiUni">[http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory5507.html University of Edinburgh, Gazetteer for Scotland, Kingairloch]</ref>
<ref name="Indie July 2000">[https://web.archive.org/web/20101201073218/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-killer-lady-of-kingairloch-709490.html "The
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<ref name="MacK Mac">{{cite book |author=
<ref name="OxfordCompanion1">''Oxford Companion to Scottish History'' p. 161 162, edited by Michael Lynch, Oxford University Press. {{ISBN
▲<ref name="Hub4">[http://www.hub-4.com/news/236/new-ship-loader-cabin-for-foster-yeoman-at-glensanda Hub-4, News, New Ship Loader Cabin for Foster Yeoman at Glensanda]</ref>
▲<ref name="Indy">[http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/country-and-garden-secrets-of-a-mountain-of-wealth-1183308.html The Independent, 7 November 1998, County and Garden, Duff Hart-Davis, Saturday, Secrets of a mountain of wealth]</ref>
▲<ref name="Indie July 2000">[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-killer-lady-of-kingairloch-709490.html The Independent, 5 July 2000, The killer lady of Kingairloch]</ref>
▲<ref name="Mac 1">[http://www.maclean.org/clan-maclean-history/maclean-clearances-1.php Clan Maclean, The Clearances, Why MacLeans Live on Six Continents Instead of One Island, Mary McLean Hoff]</ref>
▲<ref name="MacK Mac">{{cite book |author=[[James Noël MacKenzie MacLean]] |coauthors= |title=The Macleans of Sweden |year=1971 |publisher=The Ampersand |quote= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=U9CIAQAACAAJ&dq |isbn=0-900161-00-0 }}</ref>
▲<ref name="OxfordCompanion1">Oxford Companion to Scottish History p. 161 162, edited by Michael Lynch, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923482-0.</ref>
<ref name="RCAHMS">[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23081/details/glensanda+castle/ Glensanda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042842/http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23081/details/glensanda+castle/ |date=29 March 2012 }} Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
<ref name="RCAHMS-King">[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/107176/details/kingairloch+house/ Kingairloch House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042944/http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/107176/details/kingairloch+house/ |date=29 March 2012 }} Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
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<ref name="Rias">[http://www.rias.org.uk "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701052044/https://www.rias.org.uk/ |date=1 July 2022 }}, by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press
<ref name="Seax">[http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?DocID=38895 Seax]
<ref name="Telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1346775/Patricia-Strutt.html Patricia Strutt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717004827/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1346775/Patricia-Strutt.html |date=17 July 2017 }} ''Daily Telegraph'', Obituaries,
<ref name="Times">[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article677678.ece
<ref name="Watson">Watson, ''Celtic Place-names of Scotland'', p. 122.</ref>
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==External links==
* [http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23081/details/glensanda+castle/ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - Glensanda Castle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042842/http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23081/details/glensanda+castle/ |date=29 March 2012 }}
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