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Château
Lochranza Castle
Tower house of the 1500s built from a hall-house of the 1200s, on a peninsula in Loch Ranza.
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Lochranza, Machrie and the south-west: things to do
Places worth your time in Lochranza, Machrie and the south-west
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Things to do in Lochranza, Machrie and the south-west
Monuments, musées, parcs et points de vue dans le quartier et ses environs.
Whisky distillery
Arran Distillery
Distillery founded in 1995 at Lochranza, with tours, tastings and Casks café.
Stone circles
Machrie Moor Standing Stones
Stone circles, standing stones and cairns dating from 3500 to 1500 BC, scattered across open moorland.
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Burial cairn
Moss Farm Road Stone Circle
Looks like a stone circle but is a burial cairn, at the start of the farm road across Machrie Moor.
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Burial cairn
Auchagallon Stone Circle
Neolithic or Bronze Age burial cairn ringed by fifteen stones, near Machrie.
Sea cave
King's Cave
Largest of a series of caves in old sea cliffs north of Blackwaterfoot, formed when sea levels were higher.
Neolithic cairn
Torrylin Cairn
Much-disturbed Neolithic cairn whose burial chamber survives; used for ritual and burial for more than 1,000 years.
Whisky distillery
Lagg Distillery
Peated whisky distillery opened in 2019 near Lagg on the south coast, with tours and a café-bar.
Crédits photos
- Lochranza, Machrie and the south-west (area photo): Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lochranza Castle: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Arran Distillery: paul birrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Machrie Moor Standing Stones: Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Moss Farm Road Stone Circle: David Baird, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Auchagallon Stone Circle: David Baird, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- King's Cave: AlistairMcMillan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Torrylin Cairn: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Brodick, Lamlash and Whiting Bay: Sir Gawain, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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