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 Castle and distillery, Machrie Moor stone circles and the King's Cave

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In the north of Arran, Lochranza has a castle on a peninsula in the loch, a tower house of the 1500s built around a hall-house of the 1200s, and the Arran Distillery, founded in 1995. The ferry from Claonaig on Kintyre lands here in 30 minutes. The coast road then runs south down the west side of the island.
Machrie Moor holds one of Scotland's richest prehistoric landscapes: Historic Scotland dates its stone circles, standing stones and cairns to between 3500 and 1500 BC. Nearby are the Auchagallon and Moss Farm Road cairns and, north of Blackwaterfoot, the King's Cave. Near Lagg in the south are Torrylin Cairn and the Lagg Distillery, opened in 2019.
亮点
如果只有几个小时,不妨从这些地方开始。
Tower house of the 1500s built from a hall-house of the 1200s, on a peninsula in Loch Ranza.
Distillery founded in 1995 at Lochranza, with tours, tastings and Casks café.
Stone circles, standing stones and cairns dating from 3500 to 1500 BC, scattered across open moorland.
Looks like a stone circle but is a burial cairn, at the start of the farm road across Machrie Moor.
Neolithic or Bronze Age burial cairn ringed by fifteen stones, near Machrie.
Largest of a series of caves in old sea cliffs north of Blackwaterfoot, formed when sea levels were higher.
出行指引
The map shows Lochranza, Machrie and the south-west and the streets around it. The Getting there page lists nearby stops and stations.
内行贴士
The stone circles are spread across the moor along a farm track, so wear boots and allow time.
Historic Scotland lists opening days for Lochranza Castle; check before you go, as it is not always open.
Both Arran distilleries, at Lochranza and Lagg, run tours and tastings; book ahead on their websites.
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