Carradale Bay

Carradale Bay is a bay in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. Carradale Bay is situated nearby to the locality Waterfoot, as well as near Port Righ.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carradale Point Fort and Airds Castle.

Carradale Point Fort

Archaeological site

Carradale Point Fort, also known locally as Dun Carradale, is a vitrified Iron Age hillfort located on Carradale Point, a rocky headland near the village of Carradale in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Airds Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Airds Castle is a ruined medieval castle near Carradale, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The castle held a position on the summit of a rocky headland between Carradale harbour and the bay of Port Righ, looking across Kilbrannan Sound to the Isle of Arran.

Carradale House

Building

Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carradale House is a Grade B listed mansion house near Carradale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Constructed in the 17th century, the house was extended in 1844 for Richard Campbell and designed by David Bryce and William Burn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saddell and Grogport.

Saddell

Hamlet

Photo: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saddell is a small Scottish village situated on the east side of the Kintyre Peninsula of Argyll and Bute, overlooking the Kilbrannan Sound and the Isle of Arran, 8 miles from Campbeltown on the B842 road to Carradale. Saddell is situated 3½ miles southwest of Carradale Bay.

Grogport

Hamlet

Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grogport is a hamlet in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies on the coast of Kintyre, on the Kilbrannan Sound, across from Pirnmill on the Isle of Arran. Grogport is situated 4½ miles north of Carradale Bay.

Pirnmill

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

The Isle of Arran is part of Ayrshire in southwest Scotland. It lies in the Firth of Clyde, the broad reach of sea southwest of Glasgow and enclosed by the Ayrshire coast to the east and the Kintyre peninsula to the west. Pirnmill is situated 6 miles northeast of Carradale Bay.

Carradale Bay

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.57679° or 55° 34′ 36″ north

Longitude

-5.47709° or 5° 28′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C7PHGGF+P5

GeoNames ID

2653693

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Waterfoot and Port Righ.

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