Fincharn Castle

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Fincharn Castle, also known as Fionchairn Castle and Glassery Castle, is a ruined castle near Ford on the southwest shore of Loch Awe, Scotland. ()

Built: 1240 (784 years ago)Coordinates: 56°11'10"N, 5°23'17"W

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Fincharn Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

4.3 miSW
Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles
Carnasserie Castle, Kilmartin
110 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.
5.3 miSW
Archaeological site
Kilmartin Glen, Kilmartin
134 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.
6 miSW
Prehistoric site
Temple Wood, Kilmartin
155 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.
6.4 miSW
Archaeological site, Ruins
Ballymeanoch, Kilmartin
164 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.
6.7 miNE
Island, Forts and castles
Innis Chonnell
171 min walk • Innischonnell is an island in Loch Awe, Scotland. It is part of Kilchrenan and Dalavich parish, in Argyll. The island is fourteen miles east of Kilmartin, Argyll.
5.2 miSW
Archaeological site, Cafe
Kilmartin Stones, Kilmartin
133 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.
5.1 miSW
Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles
Kilmartin Castle, Kilmartin
130 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.
6.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Innes Chonnel Castle
172 min walk • Innes Chonnel Castle or Ardchonnel Castle is a ruined 13th-century castle on Innis Chonnell, an island on Loch Awe near Dalavich, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was once a stronghold of Clan Campbell.
6.6 miNE
Church
Dalavich Church
167 min walk • Dalavich Church is a kirk in the settlement of Dalavich in the Lorne district of Argyll in Scotland, belonging to the Church of Scotland.
2.7 miS
Bridge
Aray Bridge, Kilmartin
70 min walk • Aray Bridge, also known as Inveraray Bridge, is a stone two-arch public road bridge on the Inveraray Castle estate near Inveraray in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, carrying the A83 road over the mouth of the River Aray where it flows into Loch Fyne.