liveArgyll Archives

• Web:
  • liveargyll.co.uk/facility/archives/
• Email:
  • archives@liveargyll.co.uk
• Telephone:
  • +44 (0)1546 604774
• Address:
  • Lochgilphead Community Education Centre, Manse Brae, Lochgilphead, Argyll, PA31 8QX, Scotland, UK
• Opening Hours:
  • Monday and Tuesday: 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 4.30pm; Wednesday 10am – 12.30pm. Booking is essential.
• Closing Hours:
  • The Archives are closed on public holidays and on the days between Christmas and New Year.
• Access Information:
  • There is a £5 camera fee, subject to the usual copyright constraints.
• Photographs Allowed:Yes
• Accessible:
  • Yes
• Archival and Other Holdings:
  • liveargyll Archives hold the records of Argyll and Bute Council and its predecessor authorities, going back to the Commissioners of Supply, Town Councils, and Roads Trustees. It also cares for the records of many local estates, businesses and organisations which operated within the boundaries of the Argyll and Bute Council area. Records of bodies which operated within Argyllshire's or Buteshire's historic boundaries have been transferred to the archives of the council which is now responsible for that area.
• Extent:
  • 101 Cubic Metres

• Argyll and Bute Council Archives was created in 1996 following local government reorganisation. It was the successor to Argyll and Bute District Council Archives, which was itself formed as a result of the Local Government (Scotland) Act of 1975. This Act placed a statutory duty upon the Council to make 'proper arrangements' for the care of its own records. Management of the Archives was transferred to Live Argyll in October 2017.