![]() ![]() It was there before the city expanded in the 1900’s to its present size. Remarkable is the location of the distillery in the town centre. That and the fact that Oban is the only large settlement in the area makes the town one of the busiest places in this part of Scotland. From here ferries leave for Mull, Coll, Tiree and the Outer Hebrides. Oban port is the gateway to the Hebrides with the important Calmac ferry terminal. The most important town of Argyll is Oban which has an interesting town centre with lots of shops. The Kilmartin House Museum of Ancient Culture is located within the village itself, and aims to interpret the rich history of the glen. The remains of the fortress of the Scots at Dunadd, a royal centre of Dal Riata, are located to the south of the glen, on the edge of the Moine Mhor or Great Moss. ![]() ![]() Several of these, as well as many natural rocks, are decorated with cup and ring marks. Monuments include standing stones, a henge monument, numerous cists, and a “linear cemetery” comprising five burial cairns. There are more than 350 ancient monuments within a six mile radius of the village, with 150 of them being prehistoric. Kilmartin Glen, north of Lochgilphead, has one of the most important concentrations of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in Scotland. There is always something new around every corner and almost everywhere is the sea, or a sea-loch within reach. In between is a network with hundreds of miles of b-roads with just as many places to discover. To the west lies Oban, the biggest town in Argyll and gateway to the Outer Hebrides and the Isle of Mull. The A83 passes the historic village of Inveraray while further south the Kintyre peninsula is the gateway to the southern islands of the Inner Hebrides. The A82 and A83 roads are among the most scenic roads in Scotland and takes you to places such as Loch Lomond and the Rest and be Thankful mountain pass. Travelling around ArgyllĪrgyll’s roads may not be the best in Scotland but the dramatic views, lovely villages, ancient castles and beautiful nature compensate that fact more than enough. Lochgilphead later claimed to be the county town, as the seat of local government for the county from the nineteenth century. The county town was historically Inveraray, which is still the seat of the Duke of Argyll. It includes the islands of Bute and most islands from the Inner Southern Hebrides such as Islay, Jura, Colonsay, Mull and a lot of smaller islands such as the Slate Islands. Argyll and Bute is a council area in the south west of Scotland and stretches from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, Oban and the Isle of Lismore in the north and borders in the east on Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. ![]()
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