Campsites in Argyll

Inverarary is the county town of Argyll, on the western shores of Loch Fyne. It is a popular visitor location. The jail and courthouse in the burgh - the Scottish word for town - was first opened in the 1800\'s and is now a museum. It shows life of the inmates in the 19th century and tourists can see trials re-enacted. The bell tower dominates the town and contains the second heaviest ring of ten bells in the world. The tower is open to the public and the bells are rung regularly. Inverarary castle is the ancestral home of the Duke of Argyll, chief of the Clan Campbell. The gardens cover 16 acres. It was the custom in the past, that distinguished visitors to the castle were asked to plant trees. These included Queen Victoria and David Livingstone. Oban is a resort town and well known to tourists. It occupies a beautiful setting in the Firth of Lorn. Oban ban is in the shape of a horseshoe. McCaig\'s Tower is a prominent folly on the hillside overlooking Oban. It is built of granite. Kerrera is an island, close to the town of Oban and linked to the mainland by a passenger ferry. The island is known for its ruined castle built in the 1500\'s. The castle has been restored and open to the public. Campbeltown is a town located by Campbeltown loch and a busy port and centre for shipbuilding. It is a whisky producing region with three distilleries in the town. The Isle of Mull is a large island near Campbeltown . The capital, Tobermory, is the only burgh on the island. There is a very small distillery on Tobermory. It was founded in 1798. There is reputed to be the wreck of a Spanish galleon somewhere at the bottom of the bay, the ship was part of the Armada. She was meant to have been carrying millions of gold coins when she went to the bottom of the sea, but these have never been found.