2024

CRINAN CANAL

Natural site to discover

This walk along the canal is really a classic of the region. It is recommended to take a bus from Lochgilphead to Coe and lunch on the charming bay that are small sailboats are before walking back to Lochgilphead. You can pass through the lovely villages of Bellanoch and Cairnbaan. Offering possible stops, they make the journey comfortable, not requiring any exceptional physical fitness. Just the taste of the walk! To the north of Bellanoch, on the canal, is Dunadd. This former siege of the kings of Dalriada dates back to 500 BC, a wild boar carved on the rock, emblem of the Campbell of Argyll family, and a deep mark that has the shape of a foot. According to historians, kings lay their feet here when they were crowning by praising them with water. Judging by the size of this footprint, the men of the time were to be smaller than today…

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