Ardchattan (Ardchattan and Muckairn) is a parish within the county of Argyll, Scotland. Argyll, Archaically Argyle ( Earra-Ghàidheal in modern Gaelic) is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It lies north of Oban, bordering Loch Etive. Oban ( An t-Òban in Scottish Gaelic meaning The Little Bay) is a Resort Town within the Argyll and Bute council area Loch Etive ( Scottish Gaelic, Loch Eite) is a 30  km sea loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Its most famous landmark is Ardchattan Priory, founded as a Valliscaulian priory around the year 1230. The Ardchattan Priory was a Valliscaulian monastic community in Ardchattan, Argyll. The Valliscaulian Order was a Religious order within the Roman Catholic Church so named after "Vallis Caulium" or "Val-des-Choux" its first The priory's ruins and surrounding gardens are now open to the public.

External links

• Priory Ruins
• Priory Artifacts
• The Priory of Ardchattan - Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia

See also

• Ardchattan Priory
• Prior of Ardchattan

The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia The Ardchattan Priory was a Valliscaulian monastic community in Ardchattan, Argyll. The Prior of Ardchattan (later Commendator of Ardchattan) was the head of the Valliscaulian, and then Cistercian, monastic community of Ardchattan

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