Argyll and the Islands is a region bursti ng with examples of Scotland’s leading influence on creati ve and practi cal industries worldwide, and its contributi on to established principles of technology and aestheti cs.
The region’s prehistoric rock art – the cup and ring marks of Achnabreck and Kilmichael – offer glimpses of how the area’s earliest sett lers were moti vated to decorate their environment. Whatever their purpose, the carvings connected people and landscape and sti ll do today.
There are too many castles to list, but excepti onal examples that welcome visitors include Castle Sween, Dunollie, Inveraray, Dunstaffnage, Rothesay, Castle Lachlan, Duart, Tarbert, and Torrisdale. Some are in ruins, some are being restored, some are private family homes; but each represents architectural and engineering intent and the landscape would be poorer without them.