Achnabreck Cup and Rings
A Nature & Ancient Sites in Crinan Canal
Achnabreck Cup and Rings
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There are three cup-and-ring marked outcrop rocks at this largest and most extensive group of prehistoric rock carvings in Scotland. The site is in the care of Historic Scotland. The site also boasts the largest cup-and-ring mark in Scotland. With its radial grooves it looks like a giant spider web (> 1m in diam). It was first reported by Sir James Simpson (1864) and surveyed and mapped by Ronald W. B. Morris in 1970. Access: 2.5 km NW of Lochgilphead, with signposted public access and carpark.
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Crinan Canal
Although the Crinan Canal is only nine miles long it is wonderfully picturesque throughout and is recommended for boating and for walking on the good tow-path beside. It is another Victorian masterpiece from the days before trains and roads solved transport problems. It runs between Ardrishaig (just south of Lochgilphead) on Loch Fyne and Crinan, which leads out to the Inner Hebridean Islands and the Atlantic, and was built to avoid shipping having to make the journey round the Mull of Kintyre. It is open from 8.30am to 5.30pm 7 days a week in the summer but closed at weekends in the winter.