Ascog is a Village in the county of Argyll.

Ascog postcode: PA20 9EU

Retail in Ascog

There are great places to visit near Ascog including some great woodlands, ruins, ancient sites, castles, historic monuments and gardens.

Places near Ascog feature a number of interesting woodlands including Knapdale Forest.

Arichonan Ruins is one of Ascog's best, nearby ruins to visit in Ascog.

There are a number of ancient sites near Ascog including Nether Largie South Cairn, Temple Wood, Ri Cruin Cairn, Nether Largie Stones, Dunadd Hillfort, Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings.

The area close to Ascog boasts some of the best castles including Carnasserie Castle.

Ascog has some unmissable historic monuments nearby like Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings.

Don't miss Arduaine Garden, and Crarae Gardens's gardens if visiting the area around Ascog.

Ascog History

There are some historic monuments around Ascog:

• Toward Castle Secular: castle SM300
• Thom's Water Cuts, aqueduct from W of Kerrycrusach to N of Kerrycroy Industrial: inland water SM7118
• Creag Bhreac,cairn 100m ESE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM5398
• Tollard House,rock carvings 60m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: pit alignment (ritual or funerary) SM5431
• Kingavin,deserted village 650m ENE of Dunagoil Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships SM3779
• Knockamillie Castle Secular: castle SM4617
• Rothesay Castle, castle 75m N of Bute Museum Ecclesiastical: chapel; Secular: castle SM12970
• Barone Hill,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM2430
• St Mary's Chapel,Rothesay Ecclesiastical: chapel SM90253
• Thom's Water Cuts, aqueduct (drain), N of Drumreoch to Reservoir Wood Industrial: inland water SM7117
• Dunagoil,burial chamber,forts,caves,cupmarked stone and longhouses Prehistoric domestic and defensive: cave; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cist; Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships SM409
• Kingarth,standing stones Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM400
• Blackpark Plantation,stone circle S of Kingarth Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM394
• Ardhallow Battery and Defences 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13683
• Thom's Water Cuts, aqueduct (drain), Scalpsie to Loch Quien Industrial: inland water SM7115
• Cnoc an Rath,enclosure Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM408
• Thom's Water Cuts, dam 750m S of Kilmory Hill Industrial: inland water SM7116
• St Blane's church,monastery and 'the cauldron',Bute Ecclesiastical: monastic settlement SM90264
• Kilmory Castle, Meikle Kilmory, Isle of Bute Secular: castle SM7157
• Thom's Water Cuts, aqueduct and dam, Little Barone to Kirk Dam Industrial: inland water SM7112
• Thom's Water Cuts, aqueduct, Cnocnicoll Wood Industrial: inland water SM7119
• Thom's Water Cuts, aqueduct (drain), Ardscalpsie to SW of Scalpsie Industrial: inland water SM7114