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Argyll and Bute

Castles and glens from the films.

Argyll's castles and glens have appeared in famous films. A tower on a tidal islet in Loch Laich starred in a well-known comedy about the Holy Grail, and the Dukes of Argyll's castle at Inveraray has appeared in period dramas. A single-track glen leading to Loch Etive featured in a Bond film, and on Mull, a red phone box by a waterfall has its own fans. Bring a camera, and look out for the views you know.

Castle Stalker→
Glencoe→
Carsaig Phonebox Mull→
Glen Etive→
Camus an Staca→
Inveraray Castle→
Loch Etive→
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Glen Etive.

The fourteen-mile single-track glen from the head of Glen Coe to Loch Etive, past the Buachailles, where Bond stopped in Skyfall.

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Castle Stalker.

A four-storey tower on a tidal islet in Loch Laich at Appin, built by the Stewarts in the 1440s and lost once in a wager.

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True or falseJust now

True or false: Skyfall Lodge, James Bond's family home in the film Skyfall, stands in Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands.

LunchJust nowIsle of JuraThe Jura Hotel Restaurant3.4 milesIsle of IslayBowmore Hotel10.8 milesIsle of IslayPeatzeria10.8 miles

Lunch near Camus an Staca.

The three good places closest to it: The Jura Hotel Restaurant, Bowmore Hotel and Peatzeria.

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StayJust nowArgyll and ButeSlochd7.5 milesArgyll and ButeUisge Bothy8.3 milesArgyll and ButeBeatha8.3 miles

Stay near Loch Etive.

The three good places closest to it: Slochd, Uisge Bothy and Beatha.

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Did you knowJust nowGraeme JohncockWritten byGraeme JohncockRead Graeme’s piece

Castle Stalker, on Loch Linnhe in Argyll, was lost by the Stewarts of Appin to their rivals the Campbells in 1620, over a drunken wager.

‘The Stewarts tried to reclaim it several times through more traditional scheming and fighting but nothing seemed to work. They even bombarded their former home during the 1745 Jacobite rising but the cannons weren’t powerful enough to break down the thick walls. In the end, Castle Stalker was abandoned by the Campbells and left to ruin and it was purchased by Charles Stewart of Achara in 1908. Luckily for us, the Stewarts were playing the long game and have since restored the tower to its former glory.’

Graeme JohncockWritten byGraeme JohncockRead Graeme’s pieceSee Castle Stalker · Argyll and Bute
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Carsaig Phonebox Mull.

The red K6 phone box by a waterfall on the road to Carsaig pier, a location of Powell and Pressburger's 1945 film.

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Glencoe, Argyll and Bute.

Scotland's most famous glen, walled in by the Three Sisters and the Aonach Eagach, and remembered for the massacre of 1692.

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Inveraray Castle.

The Gothic Revival home of the Dukes of Argyll on Loch Fyne, with the tallest ceiling in Scotland over its Armoury Hall.

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