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.

Knapdale Forest is one of Dunoon's best, nearby woodlands to visit in Dunoon.

There are a several good ruins in the area around Dunoon like Arichonan Ruins.

Don't miss Nether Largie South Cairn, Temple Wood, Ri Cruin Cairn, Nether Largie Stones, Dunadd Hillfort, Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings's ancient sites if visiting the area around Dunoon.

There are a several good castles in the area around Dunoon like Carnasserie Castle.

Dunoon's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings.

There are a several good gardens in the Dunoon area like Arduaine Garden, and Crarae Gardens.

Dunoon History

There are some historic monuments around Dunoon:

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