Editing Inveraray (section)

==Tourist attractions==

=== Inveraray Jail ===
''Main Article: [[Inveraray Jail]]''
[[File:Inveraray Jail (geograph 5958191).jpg|thumb|Inveraray Jail]]
The building was originally built as a courthouse and jail between 1816-1820. It was built on the 1813 design by [[James Gillespie Graham]], which replaced [[Robert Reid (architect)|Robert Reid]]'s original design that had been abandoned due to lack of funds. Both the courthouse and the jail were opened in 1820. The courtroom, on the first floor, is a hemicycle with large windows and a magnificent view of the prison yard and Loch Fyne. 

With the Prisons Act of 1877, the government took control of the jail and began the construction of larger prisons in populated centres. The opening of [[HM Prison Barlinnie|Barlinnie Prison]] in [[Glasgow]] in 1882 led to the closure of small local jails in the west of Scotland, including Inveraray Jail in 1889. However, the court continued its activities until 1954.

Restoration work was undertaken in 1989 to convert the jail into a visitor attraction.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Former Inveraray Court House, Crown Point, Inveraray |url=https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB35030 |access-date=March 20, 2025}}</ref>

=== Mercat Cross ===
Dated from the 15th century, this cross was previously stood in the Old Town, but is currently located on the Inveraray Pier on the seafront end of the Inveraray Main Street. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Inveraray, Pier, Mercat Cross |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/23343/inveraray-pier-mercat-cross |access-date=March 20, 2025}}</ref>

=== Bell Tower ===
This detached bell tower southwest of the All Saints' Episcopal Church was built as a memorial to [[Clan Campbell|Campbells]] who perished in [[World War I|WWI]] and previous wars.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inveraray, All Saints' Episcopal Church View of bell tower from South East |url=https://canmore.org.uk/collection/457635 |access-date=March 20, 2025}}</ref> [[Inveraray Bell Tower|The Bell Tower]] dominates the town, and contains the [[campanology|second-heaviest ring of ten bells]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers |url=http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/dove.php? |access-date=2009-07-28}}</ref> The bell tower is open to the public, and the bells are rung regularly.

===Dun Na Cuaiche, Tower===
[[File:DunNaCuaiche 2013-08.jpg|thumb|left|DunNaCuaiche 2013-08]]

Is a [[folly]] of a ruined watch tower overlooking Inveraray and Loch Fyne.  Built 1747-48 by William Douglas, at a contract price of £46 for the mason work, commissioned by the 3rd Duke of Argyll.<ref>https://canmore.org.uk/site/23635/dun-na-cuaiche</ref>

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