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.

Woodlands to visit near Dunoon include Knapdale Forest.

Places near Dunoon feature a number of interesting ruins including Arichonan Ruins.

Dunoon's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Nether Largie South Cairn, Temple Wood, Ri Cruin Cairn, Nether Largie Stones, Dunadd Hillfort, Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings.

Places near Dunoon feature a number of interesting castles including Carnasserie Castle.

There are a several good historic monuments in the Dunoon area like Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings.

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