Loch Crinan, Crinan, Argyll

Name: Loch Crinan
Address: Crinan, Argyll, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Crinan, Argyll

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Loch Crinan is a seawater loch on the West of Scotland, leading into the Sound of Jura and being the western end of the Crinan Canal. The village of Crinan is at the entrance to the canal at the eastern end of the loch. Duntrune Castle stands on the northern shore. The River Add goes into it by the hamlet of Bellanoch. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°5'47"N, 5°33'11"W

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Crinan, Argyll United Kingdom

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Loch Crinan – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dunadd, Carnasserie Castle, Kilmartin Glen, Temple Wood.

3 miE
Archaeological site
Dunadd, Kilmartin
76 min walk • Dunadd is a hillfort in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, dating from the Iron Age and early medieval period and is believed to be the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata.
4.7 miNE
Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles
Carnasserie Castle, Kilmartin
120 min walk • Carnasserie Castle is a ruined 16th-century tower house, noted for its unusual plan and renaissance detailing. It is located around 2 kilometres north of Kilmartin, in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland, at grid reference NM837009.
3.6 miNE
Archaeological site
Kilmartin Glen, Kilmartin
92 min walk • Kilmartin Glen is an area in Argyll north of Knapdale. It has the most important concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in mainland Scotland. The glen is located between Oban and Lochgilphead, surrounding the village of Kilmartin.
2.8 miNE
Prehistoric site
Temple Wood, Kilmartin
72 min walk • Temple Wood is an ancient site located in Kilmartin Glen, near Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland. The site includes two circles. The southern circle contains a ring of 13 standing stones about 12 metres in diameter. In the past it may have had 22 stones.
2.8 miE
Archaeological site, Ruins
Ballymeanoch, Kilmartin
71 min walk • Ballymeanoch is a complex of neolithic structures located in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland. It includes an avenue of two rows of standing stones with 4 and 2 stones each, a stone circle, and a henge with a small burial cairn.
3.7 miNE
Archaeological site, Cafe
Kilmartin Stones, Kilmartin
94 min walk • The Kilmartin Stones are a collection of 79 ancient graveslabs at Kilmartin parish church in the village of Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland, about 30 km due south of Oban.
3.8 miNE
Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles
Kilmartin Castle, Kilmartin
97 min walk • Kilmartin Castle is a 16th-century Z-plan tower house castle at Kilmartin, Scotland. Built by the Rector of Kilmartin and later owned by Clan Campbell. It was restored and refurbished as a bed and breakfast in the 1990s.
4.3 miN
Forts and castles
Craignish Castle
110 min walk • Craignish Castle is located on the Craignish peninsula in Argyll, western Scotland. The present castle includes a 16th-century tower, the seat of the Campbell family of Craignish and Jura.
4 miSE
Canal
Crinan Canal
103 min walk • The Crinan Canal between Crinan and Ardrishaig in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland is operated by Scottish Canals. The canal, which opened in 1801, takes its name from the village of Crinan at its western end.
4.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Cam Loch
126 min walk • Cam Loch is one of a number of water supply sources for the Crinan Canal. The impounding reservoir lies to the south of the canal and about 3 kilometres west of Lochgilphead.
3.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch A' Bharain, Crinan, Argyll
82 min walk • Loch A' Bharain is an impounding reservoir which sits directly on the north bank of the Crinan Canal beside lock No.9, 1.5 kilometres west of Cairnbaan, and is one of a number of reservoirs supplying water to the canal. The earthfill dam is 5.6 metres high and was constructed in...