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Photo of Castle Sween, a ruined castle in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

© sylvia duckworth / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Castle Sween

Open to visitorsa Historic Environment Scotland site — many are free to wander; staffed ones charge and keep set hours

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Castle Sween is a castle in Argyll and Bute. It is one of 36 castles the Albion Guide lists in the county. It is looked after by Historic Environment Scotland. It sits within Knapdale National Scenic Area.

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More places to visit near Castle Sween

Photo of Knapdale, a National Scenic Area in Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Knapdale

You’re inside itNational Scenic Area near Lochgilphead

Low wooded ridges, quiet sea lochs and oak woods where beavers were brought back to Scotland

Photo of Island of Danna, an island in Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Island of Danna

Island

Farm island at the tip of the Tayvallich peninsula, reached by a short causeway, with shore walks looking out to Jura

0.7 km W · Argyll and Bute

Keills Chapel & Cross

Ruined church

Keills Cross, cross and church 200m ENE of Keillmore

2.6 km NW · Argyll and Bute

Photo of the Isle of Jura, an island in Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Isle of Jura

Island

Thinly peopled island of the three Paps and thousands of red deer, with Craighouse's distillery and Orwell's Barnhill in the far north

9.9 km W · Argyll and Bute

Photo of Kilberry Inn, a pub in Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Kilberry Inn

Pub · With rooms

A cosy Argyll pub-with-rooms at the end of a 30-mile single-track coastal road on the Knapdale peninsula.

14.6 km S · Argyll and Bute

Photo of the Crinan Canal, a 9-mile canal running from Ardrishaig to Crinan, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Crinan Canal

Canal

Nine miles across the Kintyre peninsula's neck — 'Britain's most beautiful shortcut' between Loch Fyne and the Sound of Jura.

15.5 km NE · Argyll and Bute