Shandon is a Village in the county of Argyll.

Shandon postcode: G84 8NP

Retail in Shandon

There are great places to visit near Shandon including some great woodlands, ruins, ancient sites, castles, historic monuments and gardens.

The area around Shandon's best woodlands can be found at Knapdale Forest.

Places near Shandon feature a number of interesting ruins including Arichonan Ruins.

There are a number of ancient sites near Shandon including Nether Largie South Cairn, Temple Wood, Ri Cruin Cairn, Nether Largie Stones, Dunadd Hillfort, Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings.

Carnasserie Castle is a great place to visit close to Shandon if you like castles.

Shandon's best nearby historic monuments can be found at Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings.

Shandon has some unmissable gardens nearby like Arduaine Garden, and Crarae Gardens.

Shandon History

There are some historic monuments around Shandon:

• Rosneath,Old Parish Church Crosses and carved stones: cross-incised stone; Ecclesiastical: church SM5604
• Larkfield Battery, anti-aircraft battery 175m ESE of 1 Hilltop Road 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM12826
• Faslane, St Michael's Chapel Ecclesiastical: chapel SM7771
• Cloch Lighthouse, coast battery 295m SSE of 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM12803
• Kempock Stone, Inverkip Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1651
• Moorfoot Primary School, cup-marked stone 345m SSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM12855
• Cloch Lighthouse, anti-submarine tethering points 15m N and 10m SW of 20th Century Military and Related: Anti-submarine boom-tethering point SM12802