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Places of Interest

Tarbert Castle

Castle

Photo: Rtomandl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tarbert Castle is located on the southern shore of East Loch Tarbert, at Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland, at the north end of Kintyre. Tarbert Castle was a strategic royal stronghold during the Middle Ages and one of three castles at Tarbert.

Avinagillan standing stone

Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Avinagillan standing stone is a prehistoric menhir on the Kintyre Peninsula of Scotland. The stone is near the hamlet of Avinagillan.

Places in the Area

Tarbert

Photo: MSeses, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tarbert is a village in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. An Tairbeart is a Gaelic term meaning "carry across", indicating an isthmus where small boats could be portaged from one body of water to another.

Portavadie

Village

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

Portavadie is a village on the shores of Loch Fyne on the coast of the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. The Portavadie complex was built in 1975 by the then Scottish Office for the purpose of constructing concrete platforms for extraction of oil from the North Sea.

Torinturk

Hamlet

Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Torinturk is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Torinturk is 5 miles from Tarbert. Torinturk comes from the Gaelic for the hill of the boar. This is where the last wild boar in Scotland was killed.

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