# Ardclach

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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Scotland
| static_image = Ardclach Bell Tower 20110521.jpg
| static_image_caption = [Ardclach Bell Tower](/source/Ardclach_Bell_Tower)
| official_name = Ardclach
| scots_name = 
| gaelic_name = Àird Chlach
| population = 
| os_grid_reference = NH953453
| map_type = Nairn
| coordinates = {{coord|57.48583|-3.74784|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland = [Highland](/source/Highland_(council_area))
| lieutenancy_scotland = 
| constituency_westminster = [Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey](/source/Moray_West%2C_Nairn_and_Strathspey) <!-- 2024 -->
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [Inverness and Nairn](/source/Inverness_and_Nairn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town = NAIRN
| postcode_district = IV12
| postcode_area = IV
| dial_code = 
}}

'''Ardclach''' ({{langx|gd|Àird Chlach}}) is a small crofting hamlet, close to [Glenferness](/source/Glenferness)<ref>{{Bing maps | url = https://binged.it/2mAtfgj | title=Ardclach | accessdate = 7 March 2017 }}</ref> in the [Highland](/source/Highland_(council_area)) council area of Scotland. It is [historically](/source/Shires_of_Scotland) part of [Nairnshire](/source/Nairnshire).

Dating to at least 1655, and now a [Category A listed building](/source/Category_A_listed_building),<ref name="HES">[https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB551 Ardclach Bell Tower] - [Historic Environment Scotland](/source/Historic_Environment_Scotland)</ref> [Ardclach Bell Tower](/source/Ardclach_Bell_Tower) is believed to be the only tower and belfry combination in Scotland.<ref>''The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century'', David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross (1887), pp. 218–222</ref><ref>[https://canmore.org.uk/site/15482/ardclach-bell-tower Ardclach Bell Tower] – [Canmore](/source/Canmore_(database))</ref>

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Category:Populated places in the County of Nairn
Category:Parishes in the County of Nairn

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