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A novel outdoor museum of restored thatched cottages and outbuildings, showing the past styles of West Highland life.
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The best-preserved charcoal-fuelled ironworks in Britain. Learn how iron was made here in 1753 in this lovely setting by Loch Etive.
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Take a stroll along this scenic 9-mile (16-km) canal, completed in 1801 and now used by yachts and fishing boats. The best places to see them are at Ardrishaig, Cairnbaan or Crinan.
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This 14th-century castle has a magical air. Most enchanting is the Lord’s Hall, with its musicians’ gallery, double fireplace and oak screen.
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Tunnels and huge underground caverns house this massive hydro-electric plant. Like a science-fiction set, it is fascinating and rather weird.
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Hauntingly atmospheric ruins of a Campbell castle, built in 1440 on an island in Loch Awe. Visible from many vantage points, or you can go there by boat.
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Inhabited for 5,000 years, this glen has a phenomenal concentration of archaeological remains: standing stones, temples and burial cairns. Pause at Kilmartin Church for the best collection of early Christian crosses.
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Paul McCartney sang about this glorious peninsula which has miles of beaches, a top golf course (Machrihanish) and the ethereal cave crucifixion painting on Davaar Island.
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Busy harbour town best viewed from McCaig’s Folly. Many local attractions and ferries to Mull, Coll, Colonsay, Tiree and the Western Isles.
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The little-known and ancient art of building crannogs (defensive homesteads built on stilts in lochs) has been rediscovered here at Loch Tay. Beware – underwater archaeologists at work.
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