Kilchurn Castle
Atmospheric lochside ruined castle
The ancestral home of the Campbell’s of Orchy, Kilchurn Castle now lies in pretty ruins, made all the more atmospheric and photogenic by their location on a rocky spit of land on Loch Awe.
The castle dates back to 1440 (though building work lasted to the 17th Century) and can be visited on foot from a short footpath beside the A85 road. However, when loch levels are high, access may not be possible, or only with wet feet – but you may still be able to take a seasonal boat +44 1866 833 333 from the nearby village of Dalmally.
A peak inside the ruined castle reveals a upside-down tower – the work of a mighty lightning storm in 1760 which led to the castle's complete abandonment.