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Folly
McCaig's Tower
Circular granite tower on Battery Hill above Oban, a listed monument with 94 lancet arches.
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Oban, Argyll & the Mull ferry: things to do
Places worth your time in Oban, Argyll & the Mull ferry
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Things to do in Oban, Argyll & the Mull ferry
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Distillery
Oban Distillery
Small distillery in the middle of the town near the harbour, founded in 1794.
Museum
Oban War and Peace Museum
Local museum on the Corran Esplanade in Oban.
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Castle and museum
Dunollie Museum, Castle and Grounds
Ruined castle on a hill north of Oban with views to Kerrera, open as part of Dunollie's museum and grounds.
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Castle
Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel
Partly ruined castle on a rock promontory at the entrance to Loch Etive, 5 km north-north-east of Oban.
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Ruined castle
Gylen Castle, Kerrera
Tower house built in 1582 on the south of Kerrera, reached by a five-minute ferry from Gallanach.
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Castle
Duart Castle
13th-century castle on the Isle of Mull beside the Sound of Mull, seat of Clan MacLean.
Abbey
Iona Abbey
Abbey on the island of Iona, off the Isle of Mull, in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.
Tower house
Castle Stalker
Four-storey medieval tower house on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, near Port Appin.
Ruined priory
Ardchattan Priory
Ruined Valliscaulian priory on the north shore of Loch Etive, in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.
Industrial heritage
Bonawe Iron Furnace
Charcoal-fired blast furnace complex at Bonawe, which made pig iron in the 18th century.
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Power station visitor centre
Cruachan Power Station
Pumped-storage hydroelectric power station inside Ben Cruachan, with a visitor centre.
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Bridge
Clachan Bridge
Single-arched stone bridge over Clachan Sound, 13 km south-west of Oban, linking the mainland to the island of Seil.
Slate island
Easdale
Former centre of the slate industry, with whitewashed cottages and disused quarries. The island has no cars or streetlights.
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Inverness & Loch Ness
The Highland capital on the River Ness, with Culloden, Loch Ness and the Moray Firth coast within reach
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Fort William, Glencoe & Ben Nevis
Base for Ben Nevis, Glen Nevis, Glencoe and the Glenfinnan railway line
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- Oban, Argyll & the Mull ferry (area photo): Mike Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- McCaig's Tower: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Oban Distillery: dun_deagh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Oban War and Peace Museum: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dunollie Museum, Castle and Grounds: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel: Chris Gorringe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Gylen Castle, Kerrera: Macsels, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Duart Castle: Philippe Giabbanelli, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iona Abbey: Akela NDE (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0 fr, source
- Castle Stalker: No machine-readable author provided. Gerpsych~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ardchattan Priory: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bonawe Iron Furnace: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cruachan Power Station: Euan Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Clachan Bridge: Remi Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Easdale: Julian Paren, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- The Black Isle & Easter Ross: Vcarceler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Inverness & Loch Ness: dave conner from Inverness, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, source
- Fort William, Glencoe & Ben Nevis: Viewfinder at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Isle of Skye: Portree & Dunvegan: Lauwz The Kiwistralian, CC0, source
- The Cairngorms: Aviemore & Grantown-on-Spey: dave conner, CC BY 2.0, source
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