Skipness is a Village in the county of Argyll.

Skipness postcode: PA29 6XT

Retail in Skipness

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

Knapdale Forest is a great place to visit close to Skipness if you like woodlands.

There are a number of ruins near to Skipness including Arichonan Ruins.

Skipness has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Nether Largie South Cairn, Temple Wood, Ri Cruin Cairn, Nether Largie Stones, Dunadd Hillfort, Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings.

Places near Skipness feature a number of interesting castles including Carnasserie Castle.

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

Don't miss Arduaine Garden, and Crarae Gardens's gardens if visiting the area around Skipness.

Skipness History

There are some historic monuments around Skipness:

• Skipness Castle and Kilbrannan Chapel Ecclesiastical: chapel; Secular: castle SM13225
• Tarbert Castle Secular: castle SM276
• Torr an t'Sean Chaisteil,fort,Lochranza Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM411
• Cnoc na Sgratha,cairn 550m N of Glenbuie Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3651
• Escart, standing stones Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM3656
• Stillaig Farm, chapel and burial ground 470m WSW of Ecclesiastical: chapel SM11101
• Tarbert,medieval burgh & environs Secular: burgh, including deserted burgh SM3410
• Lochranza Castle, Arran Secular: castle SM90206
• Meall Darroch, settlement, 90m SSW of Windy View Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships SM5523
• Sliabh nan Dearc,enclosure 570m E of Cnoc Moine Raibeirt Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM3650
• Glenreasdell Mains, chambered cairn 200m SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM3281