Physically and historically this is the heartland of Argyll and of Scotland itself. This claim rests largely on the inclusion of Kilmartin Glen. Its many archaeological sites testify to significant pre-historic habitation. Its ancient hill fort at Dunadd also crowned both the early Kings of Dalriada and the first king, Kenneth MacAlpine, of a unified Scotland.

Our Lochgilphead and Mid Argyll is largely sandwiched between the Sound of Jura in the west and Loch Fyne in the east. It runs from Knapdale in the south to the yacht haven of Ardfern in the northwest. On the east side it swings through the county town of Lochgilphead along the shores of Loch Fyne to the pretty planned and castled town of Inveraray, then north to include the mountains of Glen Fyne.



Between Ardfern and Inveraray it stretches across the southern part of Loch Awe, embracing the historically significant village of Kilmichael Glassary and following the old drovers roads over the moor to Brenchoillie and Auchindrain.

The famous Crinan Canal, offering quick and sheltered passage from the Clyde waterway system through to the Sound of Jura begins at Ardrishaig, on Loch Fyne south of Lochgilphead. It runs north and then west across the Moine Mhor nature reserve through to the beautiful wooded basin at Crinan on the Sound of Jura.

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