Wednesday 7th August 2019
Today we started out at Kilmartin Museum which is only 6 miles from the cottage, it has interesting items and the history of the Kilmartin Glen which has monuments scattered throughout it. Kilmartin Glen is famous for its archaeological legacy, there are over 800 ancient monuments, including burial cairns, rock carvings and standing stone.
After the museum we went almost next door to Kilmartin church which has on display two crosses within the church and a collection of sculpted medieval graveslabs.
We had some lunch in the museum cafe before go to explorer a bit further, was good timing as it started to rain while we were eating so we managed to miss the shower altogether.
After lunch we went to visit Carnasserie castle, which stands on a hill north of Kilmartin and was built in 1565. It is a very steep half a mile trek up to the castle from the car park alongside the road but the castle and views are worth it and there a few seats to get your breath back.
On the way back from Carnasserie Castle to the cottage we stopped in Kilmartin Glen to view some of the standing stones and took a detour to see Crinan Ferry. We had wanted to see the gates to James Bonds childhood home in Skyfall at Duntrune Castle but the castle is privately owned and you can’t see them from the public road.
We also had to go on a small road across the Crinan canal to get back.
For dinner we went to the seafood bar and pub in Crinan itself, weather forecast for the rest of the week is not good so best evening to visit.
After dinner heading back to the cottage I saw a highland cow.
