Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel

  • Castle Grounds, Dunbeg, By Oban, Argyll, PA37 1PZ

  • 01631 562 465
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Dunstaffnage Castle
Castle Grounds
Dunbeg
By Oban
Argyll
PA37 1PZ

National Grid reference: NM 882 344

Email: dunstaffnagecastle.vo@hes.scot

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What's on at Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel

Multiple people in historic costume, wearing helmets and holding pole weapons at the ready to battle

Medieval Weekend

Saturday 4 May 2024 to Sunday 5 May 2024

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Opening times

29 Mar to 30 Sept:
Daily, 9.30am to 4.30pm (last entry 4pm).

1 Oct to 28 Mar:
Daily except Thur and Fri, 10am to 4pm (last entry 3.30pm).

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Facilities

The ruins of Ardchattan Priory with a large oak tree in the background on a cloudy day

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Ardchattan Priory
General view of Bonawe Historic Iron Furnace with Stob Dearg in the background

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Bonawe Historic Iron Furnace
Carnasserie Castle seen from a distance, surrounded by an autumn landscape.

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Carnasserie Castle
A grassy landscape with the remains of a stone wall that could be mistaken for a small quarry

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Kilmartin Glen: Glebe Cairn
Detail of a beautiful symbol carved into one of the Kilmartin Sculptured Stones.

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Kilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Stones
A grave like hole inlaid with stone slates inside a stone cairn.

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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie North Cairn
Two low cairns with hills and forest behind it.

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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie Mid Cairn
A low stone passage leading out of a cairn.

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Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South Cairn
The ruins of Ardchattan Priory with a large oak tree in the background on a cloudy day

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Ardchattan Priory
General view of Bonawe Historic Iron Furnace with Stob Dearg in the background

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Bonawe Historic Iron Furnace
Carnasserie Castle seen from a distance, surrounded by an autumn landscape.

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Carnasserie Castle
Detail of a beautiful symbol carved into one of the Kilmartin Sculptured Stones.

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Kilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Stones
A path leading into the stone fort, which consists of ruined stone walls amongst rocks and grassy surfaces.

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Kilmartin Glen: Dunadd Fort
The very picturesque Kilchurn Castle viewed from Loch Awe, with sun-touched hills just behind it.

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Kilchurn Castle
The ruins of Eileach an Naoimh with cliffs and the sea in the background.

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Eileach an Naoimh
Four tall sculptured stones propped against a white wall inside a building.

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Kilmodan Sculptured Stones

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