Housekeeper Vacancies
Housekeeper About us Ardtornish is a unique and historic Highland estate set on the remote and beautiful Morvern peninsula. The holiday-let business comprises a collection of distinctive Victorian properties including a grade A listed mansion house and traditional stone-built cottages, all set within dramatic natural surroundings of woodland, coastline, and hills. This is not a typical housekeeping role, it is the opportunity to be part of a small, dedicated team caring for exceptional properties in a [...]
Where the Road Ends and the Adventure Begins
An astonishing 35,000 domestic vehicles make the journey to The Isle of Mull each year aboard The Lochinvar, Calmac’s ferry servicing the Lochaline–Fishnish route. Many of those travellers, we imagine, pass by the modest ‘Aird Toirinis’ sign at the end of our road, continue along the winding high road towards the ferry, and look out at the scattering of [...]
The Lost Lands of Argyll by Hugh Raven
I have lived in Argyll, on and off, for almost all of my rather long life. Or at least in the lost lands of Argyll, the bit that was shuffled out of the local authority in the early 1970s. My presence was far more off than on for almost four decades, so my bird observations were very seasonal. However, [...]
Ardtornish Launches Inaugural Impact Report
Ardtornish has published its first annual Impact Report as part of a commitment to greater transparency and accountability. As a large landholding on the Morvern peninsula, the estate recognises that its decisions can have a disproportionate influence on the local economy, community, environment and housing. The Impact Report is designed to measure how the business interacts with its stakeholders [...]
Summer Newsletter 2025
Welcome Hugh Raven Greetings from a green and well-watered Ardtornish – where in the first half-year we have enjoyed a full 12 months of seasons. You can read more about storms and drought below. For me the bit that sticks especially in my memory is the eight-week warm and dry April and May – much of it [...]
Small-Scale Hydro Hit by Punitive Rates
Press & Journal Article, May 2025 In the difficult years after the Second World War, a small band of determined politicians and engineers – led by Tom Johnston, then secretary of state for Scotland – conspired to go into some of the country’s most inhospitable places and build dams, tunnels and pipes to harness our water and convert it to [...]
