Ardpatrick (Scottish Gaelic: Àird Phàdraig) is a village at the southwestern extremity of the Knapdale, Argyll, Scotland. The village is built along the north western shore of West Loch Tarbert.
Ardpatrick Point forms a headland at the north of West Loch Tarbert and looks south west to the island of Gigha.[1]
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A prehistoric standing stone stands in a field near Ardpatrick, known as Achadh chaorann.[2]
The headland of Ardpatrick is according to legend, the landing place of St. Patrick, on his way from Ireland to Iona.[3]
Upon the formation of the Clan MacAlister, becoming independent from Clan MacDonald in 1493, their chief, Iain Dubh (Anglicisation: Black John), created the seat of the clan at Ardpatrick. Ardpatrick House was built in 1769 for Angus MacAlester, 11th of Loup, by John Menelaws and Thomas Menelaws, from Greenock.