Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Campbeltown HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 10am - 12 noon ArchitectName Thomas Brown of Edinburgh OpeningDate1 24/9/2016 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 14114 Refreshments No Street The street address Castlehill Postcode PA28 6AN Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Gaol and Police Station Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived argyllbute Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 504 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.42287,-5.607499; Description An account of the resource <p><!--StartFragment-->Following the Prisons (Scotland) Act in 1839, the Argyllshire Prison Board was formed to oversee the prisons in Inveraray, Campbeltown and Tobermory. After much deliberation the Board secured a site for a new prison on the Castlehill. Thomas Brown designed this new prison, which was completed in 1847. The former Police Station was added to the northern side in the early 20th Century and remained in use until 2009 when the police moved into a modern building at Hazelburn. <!--EndFragment--></p><p>?</p><p>?</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1847, extended 1871