Cairndow

Cairndow is one consisting only of a few houses village in the Scottish unitary authority Argyll and Bute. It lies just north of the Cowal peninsula on the shore of the sea arm Loch Fyne about 31 km north- west of Helensburgh and 36 km south-east of Oban.

Cairndow is connected by the A83, which links the Kintyre peninsula to Campbeltown with the Central Belt of the highway network. In the 19th century the pier of Cairndow was regularly driven by ferries from Inveraray. The town developed in the 1950s under the first plan for the use of hydropower. In today Cairndow oysters are grown.

Attractions

In the vicinity of Cairndow two monuments from the highest Scottish Denklmalkategorie can be found A. At the south end of the village which originated in the 1810s neo-Gothic building of the Kilmorich Parish Church, will be held in the church services today is. South-west are the lands of Ardkinglas House. At this point probably was since 1396 a fortress, in which the Scottish Queen Mary I was staying in July 1563. From this building can be found no trace today. The day -to-find at this point manor house was probably built in 1795, designed by James Playfair.