Dunoon is a Town in the county of Argyll.

Dunoon postcode: PA23 7HQ

Retail in Dunoon

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

There are a several good woodlands in the area around Dunoon like Knapdale Forest.

The area around Dunoon's best ruins can be found at Arichonan Ruins.

Nether Largie South Cairn, Temple Wood, Ri Cruin Cairn, Nether Largie Stones, Dunadd Hillfort, Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings are great places to visit near Dunoon if you like ancient sites.

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

Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings are some of Dunoon best historic monuments to visit near Dunoon.

The area around Dunoon boasts some of the best gardens including Arduaine Garden, and Crarae Gardens.

Dunoon History

There are some historic monuments around Dunoon:

• Tollard House,rock carvings 60m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: pit alignment (ritual or funerary) SM5431
• Kilmun Collegiate Church, tower and burial ground Ecclesiastical: collegiate church SM5260
• Toward Castle Secular: castle SM300
• Kelly Bank Cottage, cairn 1200m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM12843
• Kelly Bank Cottage, cairn 1240m ENE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM12841
• Creag Bhreac,cairn 100m ESE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM5398
• Ardnadam, settlement, chapel and enclosure 215m W of The Larches Ecclesiastical: chapel; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM3235
• Dunloskin Wood, platforms and charcoal production area Industrial: iron and steel; Secular: platform SM3894
• Moorfoot Primary School, cup-marked stone 345m SSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM12855
• Outerwards,Roman fortlet Roman: fortlet SM4377
• Knockamillie Castle Secular: castle SM4617
• Adam's Cave, chambered cairn, Ardnadam Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM6552
• Cloch Lighthouse, anti-submarine tethering points 15m N and 10m SW of 20th Century Military and Related: Anti-submarine boom-tethering point SM12802
• Kirkbrae House, burial vault 65m ENE of Ecclesiastical: burial avile/vault SM12814
• Glen Everton House, cairn 540m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM12847
• Kelly Bank Cottage, cairn 750m E of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM12840
• Dunoon Castle Secular: castle SM5450
• Ardhallow Battery and Defences 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13683
• Cloch Lighthouse, coast battery 295m SSE of 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM12803